Science is science. What you hear on the news, blogs, forums, Facebook meme, conspiracy theorist, etc; is what the reporter or poster understands about the science.
Then you have your below average Joe, who typically only believes what he wants to. All of sudden he finds an article in the haystack that says something like... Let's say.... Global warming is a hoax used to sell solar panels. Or something that can't decide what the difference between weather and climate is.