Forget science, we got ourselves a conspiracy theorist! [2]
Forget any real science, when it comes to right-wing bloggers apparently all it takes to disprove an entire body of scientific evidence is the conspiracy theories of a retired weatherman.
The blog portion [7] of Brett Bozell's Media Research Center, Newsbusters, ExxonMobil funded, [8] echo chamber is today asking, "if the founder of The Weather Channel spoke out strongly against the manmade global warming myth, might media members notice?"
Yesterday, John Coleman, a founder of The Weather Channel, wrote an article for the International Climate and Environmental Change Assessment Project, a right-wing climate change skeptic [9] site, claiming man-made global warming is just a “scam [10]“:
It is the greatest scam in history. I am amazed, appalled and highly offended by it. Global Warming; It is a SCAM. Some dastardly scientists with environmental and political motives manipulated long term scientific data to create in allusion of rapid global warming."
Yes Newsbusters, I'm sure the media will report on a retired weatherman's rantings about a global conspiracy of scientists and environmentalists.
Call out the Illuminati! Quick where are the Freemasons? We have ourselves a left wing conspiracy!
Coleman goes on:
Environmental extremists, notable politicians among them, then teamed up with movie, media and other liberal, environmentalist journalists to create this wild “scientific” scenario of the civilization threatening environmental consequences from Global Warming unless we adhere to their radical agenda. Now their ridiculous manipulated science has been accepted as fact and become a cornerstone issue for CNN, CBS, NBC, the Democratic Political Party, the Governor of California, school teachers and, in many cases, well informed but very gullible environmental conscientious citizens. Only one reporter at ABC has been allowed to counter the Global Warming frenzy with one 15 minutes documentary segment."
According to Thinkprogress, [11] John Coleman Coleman admits, his “expertise [10]” is in weather — not climate change science. In fact, he “has been a TV weatherman since he was a freshman in college [12] in 1953.”
Here's a few more bloggers embarrassing themselves today:
Red State [13]
Qando [14]
Sister Toldjah [15]
Free Republic [16]
Neocon Express [17]
Crush Liberalism [19]
Blue Crab Boulevard [20]
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