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[indymike]

This is exactly everything wrong with the internet in one neat little package:

* Polarized, politicized, incendiary topic? Check. * Unclear intentions? Check. * Media manipulation on a grand scale? Check. * Fake traffic to websites? Check. * Publishers scoring fraudulent clicks? Check (maybe) * Somehow, being awesome in spite of all of the above. Check.

[nerdponx → indymike]

It's climate change an incendiary topic for anyone anymore, who isn't already at the political fringes?

This is a serious question. Even the oil companies admit it's a problem now.

I'm aware that there is still some controversy over exactly what the climate change forecasts should be, but that's not the same thing.