Read Dave Roberts and Ezra Klein and Brad Johnson on the latest “journalistic” atrocities being perpetrated by Politico‘s Erika Lovely, who seems to have decided to cover the climate/energy beat with no intelligence and no integrity. But, of course, Politico is run by glib, greedy, sociopaths who are very good at attracting buzz and eyeballs and such and operate without a conscience about the impact of their work. If revenues increase by $1.02, readers are mislead, and thousands die as a result of Politico‘s coverage, they’d consider that a job well done.
But Lovely is, among other things, a writer. So if she wants to operate as a hack propagandist and write about the “Gore effect” where after Al Gore gives a speech it gets colder (allegedly), fine. But how does one come up with this sentence:
While there’s no scientific proof that The Gore Effect is anything more than a humorous coincidence, some climate skeptics say it may offer a snapshot of proof that the planet isn’t warming as quickly as some climate change advocates say.
A snapshot of proof? Two vague “somes” and a “may.” Whatever a snapshot of proof may be, surely the Gore Effect either does or does not offer it.
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