"If the people that believed the moon landing was staged on a movie lot had access to unlimited money from large carbon polluters or some other special interest who wanted to confuse people into thinking that the moon landing didn't take place, I'm sure we'd have a robust debate about it right now." —Al Gore
Well there are other differences. No one is proposing drastic economic changes on the basis of the moon landings being faked. You can't pin the entire debate on people with a particularly strong vested interest in pollution (say, oil and coal companies). There are other things at stake.
'Find Some Kids': How Health Officials Drummed Up Fake Support for Tobacco
Bans in Massachusetts Towns
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State health officials scouted towns, scripted hearings, recruited teen
witnesses, and celebrated each ban as a "win."
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exactly right
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