Drudge hijacks headlines to peddle global warming denial.
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By on Apr 4th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
Drudge hijacks headlines to peddle global warming denial.
Continuing his constant, unrelenting assault on the science of global warming, Matt Drudge posts these misleading headlines on the Drudge Report today:
Do the stories behind these headlines tell the tale that global warming alarmists have “hijacked” the political debate surrounding global warming, despite a “lack of natural disasters” and no rising temperatures “since 1998″?
Quite the opposite, actually. The Wonk Room explains.
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You should no better then to link to the sludge report. Pretty soon we will have 100’s of posts from unthinking rabid right wingers frothing at the mouth about how global warming was invented by European socialist to destroy US industry.
April 4th, 2008 at 1:22 pmDrudge’s site is pure BS, I never go there anymore, not worth a second of my time to read his Reichwing Propaganda.
April 4th, 2008 at 1:27 pmOooh, look!
One of the ostriches lifted his head out of the sand and spoke!!!
April 4th, 2008 at 1:36 pmThe Drudge Report has less truth in it than World Weekly News. Heh.
April 4th, 2008 at 1:39 pmClicking betwixt the various reich-wing sites and the TP blog, breathlessly reporting the latest “outrage” oozing from the paid idiocy that is Drudge, Fox, etc. is a useless exercise. As with “Intelligent Design,” the ridiculousness is both acute and shameless.
Sites such as Mediamatters do a real service in documenting the myriad fabrications in the Pravda-vehicles of Limbaugh, Drudge & Fox, but individuals and progressive sites crowing about the most recent Fox talking head slapdown, (pundits whose professional desperation brings them to an acknowledged and extremely biased “nutwork,”) asinine right-wing “headline,” and the paid raving of third-rate bullies seems like a waste of writing talent. Imagine Bill Moyers or Seymour Hersh devoting any precious journalism space to the likes of Beck or Drudge, save as a passing pejorative.
Few people continually sniff at the deluded zeal of the Intelligent Design crowd simply because it’s already accepted that these poor ignorant fanatics are detached from anything remotely resembling reality. It takes a special kind of psychotic denial to posit that the dinosaurs were loaded onto the Ark…
Looking at the last 8 years and the constant smiley-faced denial of the bastard republicans, there emerges a similar desperation in the rejection of all factual information in favor of only that phrasing and verbal manipulation that supports their delusive incompetence, (and, of course, renders themselves blameless and their enemies craven and liable..)
By now, republicans and their mouthpieces/defenders are nothing more than paid weasels who contain not a shred of integrity. The only people who remain to patronize Drudge, watch and support Fox or listen to Limbaugh are a mass of a determinedly ignorant segment of the population who will reject any indication, however blatant and undeniable, that their woefully uninformed and racist heroes are playing them for the passive suckers that they prefer to remain.
In other words, saying O’Reilly did something stupid, dishonest or racist, or Drudge was proven spectacularly wrong, again & again, will elicit nothing from the slack-jawed Fox-stituents, and from the grown-ups will bring forth the resigned and parental, “Well, duh. Why are you wasting your time on that junk?”
Why, indeed?
(This is a retooling of another post I wrote. Seemed also appropriate here.)
April 4th, 2008 at 1:50 pmDruck Fudge.
April 4th, 2008 at 1:52 pmI’m surprised that he didn’t give it a siren.
April 4th, 2008 at 1:52 pmHmmmm…just trying to keep my media spectrum straight, here. The three articles on Drudge link to the BBC, The Guardian UK and Reuters. Are these all three “Reichwing” outlets?
April 4th, 2008 at 1:53 pmDo you hear voices, princess?
April 4th, 2008 at 1:55 pmdrudge? - How 1997.
April 4th, 2008 at 1:56 pmKeltoi — As I explain over in the Wonk Room, Drudge is using headlines to paint a false picture.
April 4th, 2008 at 2:03 pmBrad Says:
April 4th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Keltoi — As I explain over in the Wonk Room, Drudge is using headlines to paint a false picture.
I dunno, if you actually go to the articles instead of just reading the headlines the picture is what it is. I am just wondering if the three outlets he linked to are considered to be in the tank for the Oil companies. I think of the BBC as fairly left leaning…perhaps I am mistaken.
April 4th, 2008 at 2:07 pmKeep it up, Drudge. Close your eyes and attach the polar masses again.
April 4th, 2008 at 2:41 pmtee hee - silly, angry righties.
April 4th, 2008 at 3:06 pmLooks like Beck, Doocey and Drudge are sharing the same pillow again. Oh, the secrets and stories they must share together!
April 4th, 2008 at 3:10 pmoh, tacky, tacky righties - you will never learn.
April 4th, 2008 at 3:17 pmninja97 Says:
April 4th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
IF there is any global warming, it is not man-made. It is arrogant to think that it is
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I can accept as science does that to be 100 percent confident of anything is arrogant. I am just curious why you do not find it arrogant to make your first statement. See the conundrum you have placed yourself in? That aside I am also interested in your qualifications to make such a declaritive statement. I am assuming you have some pretty snappy credentials. Would you mind sharing them with us?
April 4th, 2008 at 4:39 pmthanks-
What are Al Gore’s credentials?
April 4th, 2008 at 4:45 pmNo only is he a POLITICIAN conjuring fears in the public, now the science that “PROVES” global warming is indicating no such thing!
April 4th, 2008 at 4:46 pmI would think the GLOBAL WARMING ALARMISTS would be HAPPY that 3000 probes placed in the ocean by NASA show that the temperatures are actually cooling. Good news for the planet…right? Bad news for Al Gore…
April 4th, 2008 at 4:48 pmComing soon to theatres: “A Convenient Truth” - Carbon Credits are non-returnable and non-refundable.
April 4th, 2008 at 4:48 pmHow dare Matt Drudge link to stories by LEFT WING media outlets questioning the validity of “Global Warming”? Isn’t that heresy in the church of Al Gore.
April 4th, 2008 at 4:51 pmBBC is probably going to get shut down for this blasphemy. Especially if Liberals controls the airwaves…this kind of dissention will NOT be tolerated in our free and open-minded society.
April 4th, 2008 at 4:52 pmOkay fellows as is usually the case, I need you to put forth a coherent explaination why you have organizations and nations across the globe involved in this issue, select committees on the topc in the US Congress, Military strategists planning contingencies, insurance agencies basing policies on the issue, and multinational planning for how to deal with an issue that a bunch of internet nobodies say is a nonexistent probelm. Does that really make any sense? How can these nobodies be so more informed? Please explain.
April 4th, 2008 at 4:53 pmthanks
Mass Hysteria? Black balling of ANY scientist or organization the has the audacity to question global warming?
April 4th, 2008 at 4:55 pmso these are called, what - “drudginistas”?
sorry bunch of dittoheads
’tis to laugh
April 4th, 2008 at 4:56 pmWant to buy my excess carbon credits? I’ll give you a bargain.
April 4th, 2008 at 4:57 pmzionistdog Says:
April 4th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
No only is he a POLITICIAN conjuring fears in the public, now the science that “PROVES” global warming is indicating no such thing!
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April 4th, 2008 at 4:58 pmDo tell. This post seems to show a lack of comprehension as to how science works. Didn’t the Supremes have a thing or two to say about climate and the administrations response to it? Since I don’t think they could be called a liberal bunch I tend to wonder what they were thinking.
Love how this topic always brings out the loons.
Science sucks! Drink some bleach and Mountain Dew and you’re all hooked up. Who needs science? BAH HUMBUG!
New trolls please!
April 4th, 2008 at 4:58 pmsorry, i only trade in Euros - your dollars suck.
April 4th, 2008 at 4:59 pmThe whole basis of how the alarmists arrive at “Global Warming” is laughable. Then, to take it as ‘fact’ and blame it on SUV’s is ridiculous!
April 4th, 2008 at 4:59 pmCome on guys let’s try and pull it together. You are looking a bit foolish. You need to try to land a punch if you have any hope of scoring any points this rond
April 4th, 2008 at 5:00 pmzionistdog Says:
April 4th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
The whole basis of how the alarmists arrive at “Global Warming” is laughable.
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Please elaborate.
April 4th, 2008 at 5:00 pmFine, $50 Euros a credit. And conservatives are the suckers…
You’re either a hyporcrite, or an idiot. How many carbon credits have you purchased?
April 4th, 2008 at 5:00 pmMs_Joanne Says:
April 4th, 2008 at 5:02 pmApril 4th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Love how this topic always brings out the loons.
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Shall I be offended?
You take 100 years of ‘data’ and extrapolate that over the entire life of the planet, about 8,000,000,000 years, and decide that without a doubt, the planet will burst into flames in the next 20 years.
‘Data’ is in ” because the sources of the ‘data’ are questionable to begin with!!! My meteorologist gets the forecast wrong for the afternoon, and we’re supposed to trust a 20 forecast based on 100 years of ‘data’?
April 4th, 2008 at 5:03 pmAnd, by the way, your last bit of ‘data’ shows a cooling…shall we now prepare for an ice age? Do carbon credit prevent Ice Age as well as Spontaneous Combustion?
April 4th, 2008 at 5:04 pm43 - it’s all been heard, from better than you, ten thousand times before. your bunched panties don’t mean squat, here or anywhere else, and your woeful misapprehension of scientific matters is nothing more than testament to the failings in science education in our schools.
just the same, though - you sit right here and type yourself stupid repeating everything you’ve ever heard about it. we’ll all be sure to study it carefully. have a killer friday night.
April 4th, 2008 at 5:07 pmThe Earth is ‘alive’. It changes. It heats, cools, grows, shrinks, and even repairs itself. You can’t judge by how it was over the last 100 years to decide we’re destroying it!!!! The entire planet has been tropical AND ice covered, BEFORE SUV’s. There are currenly mountains were there were once plains, and plains were there were once mountains! Islands appear and disappear with fluctuating sea levels, and this has been happening for 4,000,000,000 years!
April 4th, 2008 at 5:08 pmzionistdog Says:
April 4th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
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Ice core data exists for a far greater window. The addition of the burst into flames comment reinforces the lack of objective thought you continue to display. Again may I ask for your credentials. Your meteorologist is not a climate specialist. Your meteorologist is a “weatherperson”. May I again ask for your credentials in this area of study? I am not a climate scientists but I do hold multiple degrees in science discipline so I have a grasp of the process which is science.
April 4th, 2008 at 5:09 pm46: The fact that you’ve heard this “thousands of times” and can’t get it through your dense head simply illustrates your blind following of the Religion of global warming.
April 4th, 2008 at 5:09 pmninja97 Says:
April 4th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
Your science also assumes a STATIC global temperature. Yet you still believe the world has undergone ice ages.
Your science contradicts itself.
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Whose science? Please explain your suggestion that anyone suggests that temperature doesn’t change.
April 4th, 2008 at 5:10 pmIt’s cold in my refrigerator, therefore global warming is a hoax.
Behold, the power of Righty Science!!
April 4th, 2008 at 5:13 pm“May I again ask for your credentials in this area of study? I am not a climate scientists but I do hold multiple degrees in science discipline so I have a grasp of the process which is science.”
Oh really, care to fax over your diplomas and transcripts?
“Ice core data exists for a far greater window.”
So, there has simply been a continual build up of ice since the beginning of time until the invention of the combustion engine…Is that your position???
April 4th, 2008 at 5:14 pmThe Earth is really old (unless you’re at Church), and that means we don’t know anything about it - therefore Global Warming is a hoax.
Another Milestone in Righty Science!!!
April 4th, 2008 at 5:14 pmI can kind of use the word “static” semi-correctly, therefore Global Warming is a hoax!!!!
Somebody call the Nobel Committee - Righty Science is a shoe-in!!!
April 4th, 2008 at 5:16 pmAl Gore said it, and he made a “Documentary”, it must be true.
April 4th, 2008 at 5:16 pmdbadass Says:
April 4th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Shall I be offended?
Oh hardly (and you know better, darlin’)!
But the one line wonder definitely fits that criteria.
April 4th, 2008 at 5:16 pmThis is getting a little bit tiresome. It appears the youngsters have gotten ahold of the cb radio again. No intelligent exchange based on objective thought will be possible. With all due respect you fellows look a tad foolish by dodging all attempts to discuss the issue while just throwing around poorly thought out silliness.
April 4th, 2008 at 5:17 pmyou’re the “credential sheriff”? HA!
cheney yourself, dittohead.
April 4th, 2008 at 5:17 pmMs_Joanne Says:
April 4th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
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April 4th, 2008 at 5:18 pmJust wanted to say hi. Hope you have a nice weekend. I gotta run shortly for work than a big GIS day tomorrow.
best-
Yeah, declaring yourself the winner automatically makes it so. You win, we’re all dead. Save yourself the pain of burning to death and just put a bullet in your head.
You go ahead cash in your paycheck for Carbon Credits and save the world, as well as Al Gore’s checking account. I’m going to keep driving around in my truck. I MAY even burn some tires and kill a baby duck.
April 4th, 2008 at 5:20 pmyou wouldn’t know if i had. given who you are, i wouldn’t waste the time making an actual argument for you. my mockery is more than you merit in the first place.
April 4th, 2008 at 5:21 pmdbadass Says:
April 4th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
What he said.
tombaker Says:
April 4th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Oh, him, too. :-)
April 4th, 2008 at 5:21 pmincoherent righty stooge.
April 4th, 2008 at 5:22 pmzionistdog Says:
April 4th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Send me the fax number. I will not be able to get right to it as I do not have a fax but will be glad to asap. a bs and two masters. All in life sciences especially marine biology as well as in environmental education. My primary focus for most of my career has revolved around humpback whale socioecology in their nonbreeding waters. Trust me I have no concerns for any challenge to my honesty from you. It is clear to readers that you have an agenda which is not rooting in open discussion of topics
April 4th, 2008 at 5:23 pmzionistdog Says:
April 4th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
So, there has simply been a continual build up of ice since the beginning of time until the invention of the combustion engine…Is that your position???
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Nope. That would be an ignorant knee jerk oversimplification now wouldn’t it
April 4th, 2008 at 5:26 pmDB, there is no discussion of policy or science…it’s nothing but one liners with nothing to back it up (short of a headline they like - without looking at the data. Typical right wing fear of truth and science).
It’s silly to even address these people who have no appreciation or value for those who do have knowledge of topics. It’s much better to one line you to death based upon NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH! and You’re mother is ugly….
p.s. I am that much more in awe of you. You’re my new hero. (Bowing at your feet)
BA
April 4th, 2008 at 5:28 pmMA
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Appropriately.
April 4th, 2008 at 5:32 pmMs Joanne,
April 4th, 2008 at 5:35 pmYou are too kind. Certainly education is valuable in any field but I think the real issue here has less to do with degrees (unless we mean in terms of that whole kinetic theory of matter business) and more to do with the sincerity of others to share ideas in a respectful unbiased manner. These gentleman appear unsuited for that dialogue. Again enjoy your evening and weekend that GIS workshop tomorrow is gonna be a long one considering the time I will return this eve. Look forward to catching you another time around these parts.
cheers
And to you, DB. You know where to find me around these parts. :-)
April 4th, 2008 at 5:38 pmninja97 Says:
April 4th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
what are you talking about Joanne? the name calling has come entirely from your side!
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Again this is just silly. Throw around a bunch of deliberate anatagonistic nonsense, avoid the real questions posed to you, than cry victimization. This strategy is tired and readers do not buy it.
April 4th, 2008 at 5:39 pmninja97 Says:
April 4th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
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April 4th, 2008 at 5:42 pmPlease revisit and address #31. You will notice that at no time have I or the other recent posters made the claims of suriety that you have.
Weapons Of Mass Destruction
April 4th, 2008 at 5:47 pmninja97 Says:
April 4th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
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Sorry but I don’t follow you. My point is this: you made a very declaritive statement in #18. I on the other hand have made no such statements declarying any specific position. It appears that you are making an assumption with your “your side” type statements. As to 82, I believe I specifically pointed out that this is not my specific field of study thus it follows that I claim not to be the sure of all knowing knowledge. You claim an open mind yet post such as #18. Please explain the juxaposition of this
April 4th, 2008 at 5:50 pmI still wonder why my question at 31 which is a variation on the one I post everytime this topic comes up is never addressed by anyone.
April 4th, 2008 at 5:51 pmActually, this UK documentary does explain how man-made SUV kinda gasses are responsible for changes in the environment.
Watch it, you might learn something. I know, it’s rather long for some people, but 45 minutes of your life might enlighten you a bit. Grab a beer…it’s a good flick.
http://www.documentary-film.net/search/sample.php
April 4th, 2008 at 5:54 pmthis isn’t “where to go” for in-depth scientific information, and no one said it was.
this blog is just a blog, not an institute for remedial scence education.
maybe start with a subscription to National Geographic, and see where that leads you after a couple of years.
you made your comments, they were read, and that is that - there is no more to it. no one “wins” or “loses” or “earns a degree”. no public policy intitiatives “make it or break it” here.
April 4th, 2008 at 6:11 pmOf course the earth’s temperature and atmosphere change over time. The issue is that it IS heating up. And our particular place on the planet, with regard to food production, population increase and pollution from industrialized nations and industrializing nations is, in the opinion (not fact) of the peer reviewed scientific community, is in jeopardy. I’d like my daughter to grow up in a viable world, so sacrificing a few things and greening up doesn’t seem to be such a difficult thing.
April 4th, 2008 at 6:23 pmRUC, it’s difficult for people who think as some of these posters do that it’s all bogus and why should I do something that that anti-christ Al Gore said I should do. I mean, really, AL GORE!
That’s all it comes down to. Intelligence is repugnant to those people. Science is crap. And c’mon…AL GORE! HELLO!
Put it this way, if Rush or BillO or [fill in your favorite right wing nutcase here] was for it, it would be god’s word.
April 4th, 2008 at 6:29 pmCan’t you wacked out libs READ or understand!!
WHat does this mean to you libs?
“Global temperatures will drop slightly this year as a result of the cooling effect of the La Nina current in the Pacific, UN meteorologists have said.
The World Meteorological Organization’s secretary-general, Michel Jarraud, told the BBC it was likely that La Nina would continue into the summer.
This would mean global temperatures have not risen since 1998, prompting some to question climate change theory. “
And I could go on and on but if you want to read a LOT more about the man made global warming scam go here and ENJOY!!
http://schnittshow.970wfla.com/globalwarming.html
April 4th, 2008 at 7:05 pm