Talk:Robert Balling

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[edit] Funding Claims

Its kinda weird and funny how this works:

1. the reference in the funding section that states he earned $400,000, points to salon.com

2. salon.com points to sourcewatch.org

3. sourcewatch.org has a link, but it doesn't work!

so where is the reference information? I'm removing the link until an appropriate source for the claim can be found.

The machine512 14:57, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Also I don't think referencing another wiki is approprate for citations. Is the Center for Media and Democracy a reliable source at all? Why not just self reference wikipedia in that case? The machine512 15:02, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Is he really a climatologist?

The article doesn't mention anything about him having an actual background in the subject. And simply being put in charge of a climatology office doesn't prove he has expertise or education in climatology, any more than say Michael Brown was an expert on emergency management because he got appointed to run FEMA. Redxiv 03:20, 20 January 2007 (UTC)