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In his writing and media appearances, Delingpole regularly expresses a viewpoint that man-made [[climate change]] is not as extensive as it is described in the mainstream [[scientific opinion on climate change]], and has linked mainstream scientific projections concerning climate change with "the atavistic impulse which leads generation after generation to believe it is the chosen one: the generation so special that it and it alone will be the one privileged to experience the end of the world; and the generation so egotistical that it imagines itself largely responsible for that imminent destruction".<ref>[http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100030044/does-even-ian-mcewan-know-what-ian-mcewan-really-thinks-about-climate-change/ Does even Ian McEwan know what Ian McEwan really thinks about 'Climate Change'?]</ref> |
In his writing and media appearances, Delingpole regularly expresses a viewpoint that man-made [[climate change]] is not as extensive as it is described in the mainstream [[scientific opinion on climate change]], and has linked mainstream scientific projections concerning climate change with "the atavistic impulse which leads generation after generation to believe it is the chosen one: the generation so special that it and it alone will be the one privileged to experience the end of the world; and the generation so egotistical that it imagines itself largely responsible for that imminent destruction".<ref>[http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100030044/does-even-ian-mcewan-know-what-ian-mcewan-really-thinks-about-climate-change/ Does even Ian McEwan know what Ian McEwan really thinks about 'Climate Change'?]</ref> |
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===Attack on war veteran backfires=== |
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On Novermber 17th 2009, writing in the Daily Telegraph<ref>[http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100017100/how-al-gores-amen-corner-newsweek-censored-his-critics/ How Al Gore's amen corner Newsweek censored his critics ''The Daily Telegraph'']</ref>, Delingpole's attack on [[world war 2]] [[veteran]] Lee Bidgood Jr of Gainesville, Florida as a fraud backfired after the veteran came forward and confirmed his status to Newsweek.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2009/nov/19/climate-sceptic-james-delingpole/ Climate sceptic James Delingpole's cheap shot at Newsweek backfires ''The The Guardian'']</ref> |
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====Rivalry with George Monbiot==== |
====Rivalry with George Monbiot==== |
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Revision as of 19:18, 19 April 2010
James Delingpole is an English journalist and novelist. He has published several novels and two political books, How to be Right: The Essential Guide to Making Lefty Liberals History,[1][2] and Welcome to Obamaland: I Have Seen Your Future and It Doesn't Work[3]. He writes for The Times, The Daily Telegraph, and as a television critic for The Spectator. He describes himself as a libertarian conservative[4] and claims of himself that he "is right about everything".[5]
Views on climate change
In his writing and media appearances, Delingpole regularly expresses a viewpoint that man-made climate change is not as extensive as it is described in the mainstream scientific opinion on climate change, and has linked mainstream scientific projections concerning climate change with "the atavistic impulse which leads generation after generation to believe it is the chosen one: the generation so special that it and it alone will be the one privileged to experience the end of the world; and the generation so egotistical that it imagines itself largely responsible for that imminent destruction".[6]
Attack on war veteran backfires
On Novermber 17th 2009, writing in the Daily Telegraph[7], Delingpole's attack on world war 2 veteran Lee Bidgood Jr of Gainesville, Florida as a fraud backfired after the veteran came forward and confirmed his status to Newsweek.[8]
Rivalry with George Monbiot
In a debate with George Monbiot in the The Daily Politics programme in March 2010, Delingpole stated that climate science differs from science in the conventional sense of the term, and that the former "is not about rigour, it's not about empiricism, it's not about the pursuit of truth – it's about politics". Monbiot responded that he doubted that Delingpole had ever read a peer reviewed article on the subject.[9] Shortly before their BBC appearance together, Monbiot wrote in The Guardian that Delingpole produced "ill-informed viciousness" about the subject and accused him of "putting a wrecking ball through any claims the denial lobby might have to being civilised, intelligent or serious",[10] while Delingpole described Monbiot as "a Malthusian pessimist who believes that man is essentially a blot on the landscape".[11]
Bibliography
- Delingpole, James (27 February 1997). Fish Show. Penguin Books Ltd. p. 208. ISBN 978-0140257465.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|month=(help) - Delingpole, James (2001). Fin. Picador USA. p. 161. ISBN 978-0330480451.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - Delingpole, James (2004). Thinly Disguised Autobiography. Picador USA. p. 480. ISBN 978-0330493352.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - Delingpole, James (20 August 2007). Coward on the Beach. Bloomsbury UK. p. 336. ISBN 978-0747590705.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|month=(help) - Delingpole, James (4 October 2007). How to be Right. Headline Review. p. 224. ISBN 978-0755315918.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|month=(help) - Delingpole, James (26 January 2009). Welcome to Obamaland: I Have Seen Your Future and It Doesn't Work. Regnery Publishing. p. 256. ISBN 978-1596985889.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|month=(help) - Delingpole, James (1 June 2009). Coward at the Bridge. Simon & Schuster Ltd. p. 400. ISBN 978-1847373588.
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Journalism
- Delingpole, James (4 October 2008). "Campaigning genius". The Spectator.
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References
- ^ Crace, John. "How to be Right", The Guardian, March 20, 2007.
- ^ Delingpole october 2007
- ^ Delingpole 2009
- ^ Subjects's personal website
- ^ Blog lede at The Daily Telegraph
- ^ Does even Ian McEwan know what Ian McEwan really thinks about 'Climate Change'?
- ^ How Al Gore's amen corner Newsweek censored his critics The Daily Telegraph
- ^ Climate sceptic James Delingpole's cheap shot at Newsweek backfires The The Guardian
- ^ Delingpole v Monbiot, The Daily Politics, BBC Television 4 March 2010
- ^ James Delingpole leads Telegraph into vicious climate over email
- ^ Hurrah for George Monbiot!
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