If a scandal isn’t reported by the media, does that mean it never happened?
For the millions of Americans who don’t watch Fox News or listen to talk radio, the answer is a resounding yes.
Last Friday, November 20, evidence came to light that “appears to show a conspiracy to falsify data and suppress academic debate in order to exaggerate the possible threat of man-made global warming.” Translation: The global warming movement rests almost entirely on the IPCC’s claim to represent the “consensus” of climate science. That entire movement now stands discredited.
In the face of this absolutely shameful and possibly criminal revelation of chicanery, deceit and manipulation of data, the mainstream media has stuck to their decades long policy of ignoring any evidence or opinion that challenges their firm belief that the world is undergoing a climate crisis. A crisis that can only be rectified if all global citizens drastically change their behavior.
Despite these revelations, the AP’s science writer continued reporting on the worsening climate non-crisis, “Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated — beyond some of the grimmest of warnings made back then.” Scary stuff, if it were true.
CNN chimed in, reporting their own shocking headlines: Sea Level Rise Could Cost Port Cities $28 Trillion. Remember, this ‘news’ story was published after evidence had come to light that credibly challenged the very facts CNN was reporting. Yawn.
Six days after this scandal came to light, ABC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC and NBC had yet to make their viewers aware of what is being called “the greatest [scandal] in modern history.” A scandal that could derail the whole concept of man-made global warming. And, coincidently, the $129 billion carbon market that rests on this shaky and manipulated data.
Also ignoring this scandal is our very own president, who announced last Wednesday that he will attend the long-anticipated, high-stakes global climate summit in Copenhagen. Obama’s climate czar, Carol Browner, announced on the very same day that global warming science is “settled.’ No need to even address those pesky e-mails that purport to show differently.
“I’m sticking with the 2,500 scientists. These people have been studying this issue for a very long time and agree this problem is real,” said Ms. Browner. The 2,500 hundred scientists, by the way, are comprised mainly of United Nations bureaucrats who have a vested interest in the massive wealth re-distribution that they suggest as a solution to this non-crisis.
On Thursday, more evidence of climate chicanery came to light – but was again ignored by the media. Gerd Leipold, the outgoing leader of Greenpeace, admitted that his organization’s recent claim that the Arctic Ice will disappear by 2030 was “a mistake.” Oops.
Also on Thursday, information surfaced that indicates Australia, also, appears to have been tinkering with raw data in order to make “global warming’ appear scarier that it really is.
Again, no mention was made in the U.S. media. Oh, CNN did finally acknowledged the issue yesterday by reporting that there was “very little context” in the e-mail evidence. CNN declined to publish any of the damning e-mails and they failed to identify any of those ‘leading scientists’ whose work has been shown to be a possible fraud.
These ‘leading scientists’ then continued with business as usual, issuing another dire proclamation, “Tackling climate change will help prevent millions of deaths among people who are alive now and save the world for future generations.”
These same scientists then responded to the damning evidence to the contrary in the usual way. By attacking and discrediting the motives of the messenger. “We’re facing an effort by special interests who are trying to confuse the public,” said Richard Somerville, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and a lead author of the UN IPCC Fourth Assessment Report.
As of this writing, Fox News is the only national outlet reporting on this scandal. Website WattsUpWithThat and Canada Free Press appear to be the only media investigating the hacked e-mails that seem to show a decades long conspiracy to fudge climate data and squelch any and all opposing data and scientists.
The ‘garbage-in, garbage-out’ climate models the IPCC use as a basis to portend the end of life on earth now appear to be false. Global ‘leaders’ conveniently ignore the burgeoning scandal and continue to insist that unless a massive re-distribution of global wealth is immediately enacted, global warming will threaten every man woman and child on earth.
Americans can disagree on the extent of climate change and even question man’s role in it. The issue at hand however, is the fact that the media, whose job is to report facts, has declined to do so. The media, with Fox News as the only exception, have bought onto Dan Rather’s “fake but accurate” view of the so-called ‘global-warming’ crisis.
Father Earth, Algore sums it up best: “This is not a political issue, or a scientific issue or a psychological issue – it’s a moral issue. If anything it’s actually a spiritual issue.” There you have it. If you don’t agree with the unscientific ‘consensus’ than you’re a really stupid, bad and immoral person. The left has spoken and the media agrees. Case closed.
Nancy Morgan is a columnist and news editor for RightBias.com
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pirate55 (Diary) Friday, November 27th at 8:35AM EST (link)Just sent this off to my 2 Senators and Congressman
Before any further meaningful debate and/or the passage of any “Cap and Trade” legislation, there must be a full and complete examination of all of the recent e-mails in regard to climate change which have come to light. I would ask you make such a request.
It's about power
paulb (Diary) Friday, November 27th at 8:50AM EST (link)“This is not a political issue, or a scientific issue or a psychological issue – it’s a moral issue. If anything it’s actually a spiritual issue.”
Nope, it’s about power and control. These scientists are fudging the data because in their minds the ends justify the means. The progressives’ dream is to create an all powerful, preferably global government that dictates to the unwashed masses. Cap and Trade and nationalizing health care are the Obama administrations attempts to get us there.
It will be like the John Edwards scandal only much larger. The MSM can't spike it.
spainishirish (Diary) Saturday, November 28th at 3:42PM EST (link)This is too huge although the MSM conspiracy of silence will try its best This massive fraud and hoax will spill into the general public in the near future and dinosaur media outlets will be forced to follow through. We are looking at possible criminal prosecutions here.
Spanish, "Climategate" surpasses "Global Warming"
redneck_hippie (Diary) Saturday, November 28th at 7:09PM EST (link)on google search.
Story on WUWT:
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/11/28/climategate-surpasses-global-warming-on-google-autosuggest-still-blocked/
The Genie is not only out of the bottle, he’s leaving his footprints all over the @#$% place.
Lamestream is being eclipsed by
redneck_hippie (Diary) Saturday, November 28th at 6:41PM EST (link)our media. PJmedia is one such site:
http://www.pjtv.com/?cmd=browse-events&event-type-id=10&event-id=1913&event-context-theme-id=1&c=10&s=coverage&r=true&p=1&t=overview
WHEN SCIENCE GOES "BAD"
reelman (Diary) Saturday, November 28th at 9:03PM EST (link)WHEN SCIENCE GOES “BAD”
The University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit has reversed its long-standing policy and agreed to make its climate database public so that other researchers can check the conclusions that have been reached by global warming alarmists who, until now, have been the only ones with access to the data. What is not clear from this report is whether the formulas and calculations that were applied to the data to obtain published results will also be made public………and so on…Nov 2009.
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CRAWFISH NOTE:
A crucial part of my job for 27 years was to teach college frosh Biology and Zoology. The heart of this science teaching was a day on “the nature of science” early on in every course. The mere fact that “research” data is hidden is WRONG, borderline evil actually (except perhaps military nuclear-type secrets).
Science requires that the world of researchers be able to “verify-duplicate” ANY research data-procedure-result. It fact checks itself and always has until GW arrived as the latest crisis. The mere fact “global warming data” had to be pursued via FOI Act is a huge red flag.
All this secrecy strongly suggests BAD science research…there are no legit excuses. Of course the modern liberal (secular socialist) avoids debate, microphones and the truth (reality) 24-7.
Now we hear that a mere 3 trees with the “desired rings” were used to change decades of data and the trees contrary to that desired data were avoided…sounds like creative research by democrats seeking tax $$$ for “PC” (aka acceptable) grants.
Science is about discovering TRUTH, inconvenient or not.
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Secular Socialism is never the answer…
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techsan (Diary) Sunday, November 29th at 5:27PM EST (link)By not reporting on scandals such as this, the lamestream media hastens it’s own demise. On the whole, people seek truth…information…reality. Fox’s own ratings confirm this. Between this and the work that BigGovernment.com are doing, I think their credibility is slipping in the independents. My primary hope/belief is that communism/socialism cannot be built in America if only because of the new media. We freedom-lovers have two important tools…truth and information. While the lamestreams tried to tout Obama’s strength with new media, in the end, it’s what I believe will be his own undoing. I don’t think this scandal is all that silent…if only because that assumes Americans aren’t seeking truth on their own.
In the end, all we have on our side of the debate are facts and history.