Chris Rose is a journalist and communications consultant. Born in Vancouver, his interests include politics, history, demographics, the economy, the environment and energy-related issues.
During a journalism career that spanned close to three decades, Rose worked at three newspapers, mostly at The Vancouver Sun where he was both a reporter and an editor. As Special Projects Editor, one of his assignments at The Sun was planning and coordinating municipal, provincial and federal election coverage.
Numerous stories that he worked on as both a reporter and an editor won journalism awards. A third generation print journalist, Rose also worked at the non-profit European Wind Energy Association in Brussels, Belgium, as both a staff employee and a consultant. While there, Rose was responsible for reporting on annual conferences put on by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Democracy is utterly dependent upon an electorate that is accurately informed. In promoting climate change denial (and often denying their responsibility for doing so) industry has done more than endanger the environment. It has undermined democracy.
There is a vast difference between putting forth a point of view, honestly held, and intentionally sowing the seeds of confusion. Free speech does not include the right to deceive. Deception is not a point of view. And the right to disagree does not include a right to intentionally subvert the public awareness.
