Big Oil companies fund climate skeptics and hire public affairs companies who pay people to promote those views online. It may or not be happening here, but it'

Big Oil companies fund climate skeptics and hire public affairs companies who pay people to promote those views online. It may or not be happening here, but it's definitely a thing: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dark-money-funds-climate-change-denial-effort/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dark-money-funds-... and: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/21/climate-change-denier-willie-soon-funded-energy-industry https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/21/climate-... and: https://thinkprogress.org/denier-bots-live-why-are-online-comments-sections-over-run-by-the-anti-science-pro-pollution-crowd-a15af62c5c13#.dsxa8fbcg https://thinkprogress.org/denier-bots-live-why-are-online-co... and: http://www.computerworld.com/article/2485252/social-media/are-online-comments-full-of-paid-lies-.html http://www.computerworld.com/article/2485252/social-media/ar...