Dear Sir... Readers' Views (17/01/17)

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Trump’s cabinet represents the elite

Cormac Cahill (letters January 14) cites CNN, MSNBC, CBS and the New York Times as examples of the left wing bias in western media. If these outlets, vocal supporters of the Wall St candidate Hilary Clinton, are seen as bastions of left wing bias then the perception of what comprises the ‘Left’ is seriously muddled. I can assure Mr Cahill that I view the media with a critical eye and use the novel approach of independent fact checking to validate my observations. Regarding the scathing depictions of Mr Trump’s cabinet having no basis, let’s have a look. As regards the charge of anti-science, multiple studies by independent peer-reviewed research groups have repeatedly demonstrated empirically that the Earth is undergoing anthropogenic climate change. This is not the outpouring of some deluded leftwing media outlet but a physical fact. Despite this fact, both Mr Trump and his appointee for EPA transition, Myron Ebell, are vocal climate change deniers and will instead peddle this scepticism as a lever for increased fossil fuel activity. Indeed his pick to head up the EPA, Scott Pruitt, is currently suing the agency over President Obama’s Clean Power Act. Add Rex Tillerson of Exxon, with his many connections to Russian oil and gas to the mix and one can see serious challenges to the Paris Accord.