Gore Rips Media: ‘Don’t Give Equal Time To Someone Who Believes The Earth Is Flat’

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/05/gore-media/

Gore Rips Media: ‘Don’t Give Equal Time To Someone Who Believes The Earth Is Flat’

This morning, former vice president Al Gore appeared on NBC’s Today Show to talk about global warming. Host Meredith Vieira brought up a Nov. 1 Wall Street Journal op-ed by climate skeptic John Christy, a former member of the IPCC. In the op-ed, Christy wrote, “I see neither the developing catastrophe nor the smoking gun proving that human activity is to blame for most of the activity we see.”

When Vieira asked about the op-ed, Gore noted that Christy “no longer belongs to the IPCC” and is “way outside the scientific consensus.” He also sharply criticized the media for giving so much air time to such climate skeptics:

But, Meredith, part of the challenge the news media has had in covering this story is the old habit of taking the on the one hand, on the other hand approach. There are still people who believe that the Earth is flat, but when you’re reporting on a story like the one you’re covering today, where you have people all around the world, you don’t take — you don’t search out for someone who still believes the Earth is flat and give them equal time.

Watch it/read transcript at link~

The IPCC is an international body made up of thousands of scientists from 113 countries who have been studying global warming since 1988. Its February consensus assessment said that global warming is “unequivocal” and “very likely” the result of human activity.

As Gore noted, scientists such as Christy are outliers, yet the media continue to give them an overblown amount of airtime. Last month, for example, Colorado State University professor Dr. William Gray sharply criticized Gore, saying that he is “brainwashing our children” on global warming. His comments were covered by multiple major cable networks and newspapers (with no mention that he also once compared Gore to Hilter).

Additionally, Media Matters documented that the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, CNN, and Fox News all recently reported that a British judge pointed out nine “errors” in Gore’s documentary An Inconvenient Truth, without “mentioning that he also stated in the ruling that the film is ’substantially founded upon scientific research and fact.’”

I'm not an expert and nor would I want to debate the experts on this. I believe they know what they're talking about.
Maybe there should be a televised debate on global warming...would it shut up the detractors?

calling it the CO2 problem more than "Global Warming". Calling it "Global Warming" gives every flatlander the excuse to say "what problem are they talking about" every cool day of the year.

No one can dispute we are outside the natural level of CO2 for recorded history. They cannot dispute this (even on a cool day).

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:rofl: Sorry, I couldn't resist, and welcome to DU (I think).

Per the article, "climate skeptic John Christy, a former member of the IPCC" is the culprit.

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Global warming deniers.

All the same kooks.

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... is probably one of them. God knows he believes in every other piece of BS he hears and regurgitates.

and welcome to DU!

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From his 2000 campaign: "The vice president favors the teaching of evolution in public schools. Obviously, that decision should and will be made at the local level and localities should be free to decide to teach creationism as well."

-vice presidential spokesman Alejandro Cabrera

they then believe in the "fairness" doctrine or the "equal time" concept (usually reserved to those who believe that the Earth's age can be counted in thousands of years, not billions ...)