Working the refs is an old tactic for high-dollar PR firms. They exploit the journalism profession's very values of accuracy and fairness. It's not just Exxon. Not just oil. Others include tobacco, chemicals.
There are multiple research papers on the relationship between oil and gas and white supremacist culture.
Instead of acknowledging and disputing this research, Exxon says the fact that
@HirokoTabuchi
talked about it makes her “biased.”
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@sejorg
The other tactic is to invite leading science journalists to give highly paid speeches at annual meetings. Blanking on her name but that was the case for at least one prominent NYT science writer.
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