Media Matters - Global Warming

Media Matters - Global Warming http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/global_warming This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Global Warming en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America Levin cited "global cooling" study to dismiss efforts to "control carbon dioxide" emissions, ignoring warning by study's co-author not to do so http://mediamatters.org/items/200811200011 On his radio show, Mark Levin cited a recent study predicting that an ice age will occur in the next 10,000 to 100,000 years as purported evidence that humans should not "try and control carbon dioxide" emissions that contribute to global climate change. But Levin did not mention that the study's co-author reportedly warned against using the study to argue that "we should stop fighting warming" and stated: "There's no excuse for saying 'we've got to keep pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.' " http://mediamatters.org/items/200811200011 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:02:46 EST Milwaukee radio host smeared "greedy, overpaid unionized schoolteacher[s]" who talk about global warming http://mediamatters.org/items/200808130006 On his Milwaukee radio talk show, Mark Belling referred to schoolteachers who talk to their students about global warming as "idiot union teacher[s]," "liberal unionized hack[s]," "greedy, overpaid unionized schoolteacher[s]," and "fruitcake[s]." http://mediamatters.org/items/200808130006 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:59:09 EST Hannity compared carbon offsets to "cheat[ing] on your wife," ignored Murdoch's efforts to make News Corp. carbon neutral http://mediamatters.org/items/200806250009 On Hannity & Colmes, Sean Hannity criticized the purchase of credits to offset one's "carbon footprint," asserting, "Those offsets -- that is the biggest hoax in the world. ... You know what it's like? You go cheat on your wife, and then say, 'Honey, but don't worry. I bought an offset.' Good luck." Hannity has yet to address the pledge by News Corp. chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch "to be carbon neutral, across all our businesses" -- which includes Fox News -- "by 2010." http://mediamatters.org/items/200806250009 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:13:28 EST Discussing TCPR claims, O'Reilly said he'd "like to hear [Gore's] side of things," but ignored Gore's response to TCPR http://mediamatters.org/items/200806240005 Bill O'Reilly asserted: "The Tennessee Center for Policy Research [TCPR] says the former vice president [Al Gore] is still using a massive amount of energy at his Tennessee mansion -- more than 20 times the national average." O'Reilly later stated: "So it looks like Gore is a pinhead, but we would like to hear his side of things. And he has an open invitation to appear on the Factor." But at no point did O'Reilly mention that Gore has reportedly given "his side of things" in response to a June 17 TCPR press release on the subject of Gore's purported energy use. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806240005 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:49:44 EST Hume claimed Gore's "energy use has surged more than 10 percent," ignored Gore's response that it's all "green power" http://mediamatters.org/items/200806190012 On Special Report, citing purported findings by the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, Brit Hume claimed that Al Gore's "energy use has surged more than 10 percent" since environmentally friendly renovations were completed on his home. Hume offered no response from Gore. Responding to the charge, a Gore spokeswoman stated that "[w]hen [the Gores] do use power, it's green power." According to the Tennessee Valley Authority, green power "create[s] less waste and pollution" than standard electricity. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806190012 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:40:16 EST Wash. Times' Pruden falsely claimed that "the earth has been measurably cooling for the last decade" http://mediamatters.org/items/200806180002 In a Washington Times column, Wesley Pruden falsely claimed that "the earth has been measurably cooling for the last decade, despite everything [former Vice President] Al [Gore] and his followers have done about it." In fact, the United Kingdom's Met (Meteorological) Office lists as a "fact" that "[t]emperatures are continuing to rise" and states that "temperature change over the latest decade (1998-2007) alone shows a continued warming of 0.1° C per decade." http://mediamatters.org/items/200806180002 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:43:21 EST MSNBC hosted Breaux and Lott to defend oil and gas companies -- but failed to note they're lobbyists for them http://mediamatters.org/items/200806100005 On MSNBC Live, Andrea Mitchell discussed energy policy with former Sens. John Breaux and Trent Lott but failed to disclose that both are lobbyists for major oil and gas companies. While Mitchell said that Lott and Breaux "formed a firm" together, she did not note that their firm conducts lobbying or that its clients include oil and gas companies Chevron, Shell, and Plains Exploration & Production Co. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806100005 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:27:18 EST Beck revived falsehood that Bill Clinton said, "We've got to slow down our economy" to fight global warming http://mediamatters.org/items/200805210011 On his nationally syndicated radio show, Glenn Beck falsely claimed that former President Bill Clinton said, "We've got to slow down our economy" in order to combat global warming, and aired a portion of a speech Clinton made in January. However, as Clinton's full remarks make clear, he did not suggest "slow[ing] down our economy" to fight global warming. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805210011 Wed, 21 May 2008 18:01:32 EST Jonah Goldberg misrepresented Gore's comments about Hurricane Katrina http://mediamatters.org/items/200805200007 In his Los Angeles Times column, Jonah Goldberg asserted that in an NPR interview, Al Gore "chuckled" at the idea that Hurricane Katrina "was God's wrath for New Orleans' sexual depravity," then "went on to blame Katrina on man's energy sinfulness." In fact, Gore stated during the interview that "any individual storm can't be linked singularly to global warming." Goldberg also claimed that the numbers of polar bears "have quadrupled in the last 50 years"; in fact, data to support estimates of the polar bear population 50 years ago are reportedly nonexistent, recent growth in the polar bear population is believed to be linked to hunting bans, and the Department of Interior found that "the polar bear is likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future." http://mediamatters.org/items/200805200007 Tue, 20 May 2008 19:32:55 EST Previewing McCain's environment speech, Reuters did not mention his voting record or include criticisms of his positions http://mediamatters.org/items/200805120003 Reuters reported that Sen. John McCain would pledge "to take the lead in combating global climate change if elected president in a speech that set him apart from the policies of U.S. President George W. Bush." However, in reporting on McCain's environmental positions that his campaign believes will "win support from independents and centrist Democrats," Reuters did not mention his voting record and did not include any criticism of McCain's positions. By contrast, The Washington Post noted that "McCain's lifetime League of Conservation Voters score is 24 percent, compared with 86 for Obama and 86 for Clinton." http://mediamatters.org/items/200805120003 Mon, 12 May 2008 15:10:17 EST Fox's Baier misrepresented Gore's comments about Myanmar cyclone http://mediamatters.org/items/200805090010 Fox News' Bret Baier claimed that in an interview on NPR, "Former Vice President Al Gore says global warming is to blame for the cyclone in Myanmar." In fact, while Gore did discuss the cyclone in the context of global warming, he also stated -- just moments earlier -- that "any individual storm can't be linked singularly to global warming." http://mediamatters.org/items/200805090010 Fri, 9 May 2008 18:44:08 EST Fox's E.D. Hill falsely claimed that "U.N. meteorologists" say "the planet may actually cool off for the 10th year in a row" http://mediamatters.org/items/200804090013 On America's Pulse, host E.D. Hill falsely claimed, in a teaser for an upcoming segment, that "the U.N. says the planet may actually cool off for the 10th year in a row." Hill later asserted: "U.N. meteorologists now saying that we could have, for the 10th year in a row, a colder year, temperatures ... decreasing, not warming, getting colder." In fact, global mean temperatures, as measured in two widely used data sets, have not decreased in each of the past 10 years; further, according to those data sets' producers, the data continue to show a long-term warming trend. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804090013 Wed, 9 Apr 2008 21:38:23 EST NY Times understated Inhofe's views on global warming http://mediamatters.org/items/200803070012 In an article discussing potentially competitive 2008 Senate elections, The New York Times understated Sen. James Infohe's views on global warming, reporting that Inhofe "has said that its effects are exaggerated." In fact, Inhofe has repeatedly referred to global warming as the "greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people" and reportedly compared Al Gore's global warming documentary to Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803070012 Fri, 7 Mar 2008 20:26:52 EST WSJ quoted McCain touting his "pro-environment positions," but didn't note his poor LCV score http://mediamatters.org/items/200803060004 The Wall Street Journal uncritically reported that Sen. John McCain "said his pro-environment positions," among others, would "make him competitive" in California. In fact, McCain has a lifetime rating of 24 percent from the League of Conservation Voters. By contrast, Sen. Hillary Clinton has a lifetime rating of 87 percent and Sen. Barack Obama, 86 percent. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803060004 Thu, 6 Mar 2008 14:10:31 EST O'Reilly said question of whether humans are causing global warming is "all guesswork" http://mediamatters.org/items/200803040011 Responding to a viewer's email about whether the current global warming "scare" is "natural" or "man-made," Fox News' Bill O'Reilly asserted: "It's all guesswork." Contrary to O'Reilly's assertion, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has concluded that the Earth is warming and human activity is very likely responsible for most of that warming. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803040011 Tue, 4 Mar 2008 20:16:58 EST