What's your agenda?

At first glance the two sites seemed like your run of the mill raise awareness about global warming sites. However, after a closer look at their purposes and a little background research on the organizations behind them, it became very clear that that was not the case. “Friends of Science” and “How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic” both support the idea that the sun is behind climate change, but their overall purposes are different. The site “How to talk to a Climate Skeptic” does exactly that. It post responses to the major arguments against global warming. However, looking at the sources and commentary on the site, it is obvious that this site is not very reputable and I will not be citing it in a paper anytime soon. It even cites Fox News. Unbiased and professional? I don’t think so. The “Friends of Science” site is not quite so bad as it actually contains research and figures from reputable sources. However, they contain a ton of bias and even take research out of context to support their claim that “the Sun is the main direct and indirect driver of climate change.” I did a little research on the organization and found out that their funding sources have come into question in the past. Including that some of their major funding has been given by oil companies. It is hard to believe that no agenda is being pushed with that kind of funding. I think that it is important to take the information provided by these sites with a grain of salt and not to accept it at face value. Ultimately though, if I had to pick which one is more convincing it would be the “Friends of Science” site because even though some of the info is taken out of context, at least they have real research.