MSNBC: ClimateGate ‘A Controversy That’s Not Really There’

Newsbusters.org ^ | 12-7-09 | Kyle Drennan

[Justaham]

Near the end of the 2PM ET hour on MSNBC, anchor Contessa Brewer discussed the ClimateGate scandal only to claim there was no scandal in the emails that seemed to show climate scientists manipulating global warming data: “I mean is someone using differences in semantics to try and play up a controversy that’s not really there?”

Brewer spoke with Politico reporter Erica Lovely about the emails in which scientists referred to a “trick” to conceal evidence that contradicted predicted warming trends. Brewer explained: “...there’s a Penn State scientist Michael Mann....He says the word ‘trick’ doesn’t actually refer to any kind of deception, but to a very well-known accepted data technique.” Lovely saw nothing improper in concealing data: “They wanted to keep it out of some of the international reports that the United Nations would be looking at, you know, just to – to move the global talks forward.”

[steelyourfaith]

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[Dallas59]

“I did not have sex with that woman”.

[Man50D]

MSNBC isn’t altogether there.

[gibtx2]

Crack in the damn. They mentioned it and now keep it going

THE CAN NOT STAND CONSTANT PRESSURE

[EGPWS]

Near the end of the 2PM ET hour on MSNBC, anchor Contessa Brewer discussed the ClimateGate scandal only to claim there was no scandal in the emails that seemed to show climate scientists manipulating global warming data: “I mean is someone using differences in semantics to try and play up a controversy that’s not really there?”

Contessa feel trampled on by someone stealing her modus operandi?

[FlingWingFlyer]

This is why no one watches PMSNBC.

[rlmorel]

Gee. Would this be the MSNBC that is owned by GE?

The same GE that is heavily invested in global warming?

The same GE that is banking on trillions being spent by the government on health care “reform”?

The same GE that had tens of billions of dollars of bad debt taken off of its hands by the government?

The same GE that is run by the socialist turd Jeffrey Immelt?

The same socialist turd Jeffrey Immelt that sits on the Economic Recovery Board for the Obama administration?

That MSNBC?

[EGPWS]

“I did not have sex with that woman”.

That was only sex...big deal. ; - )

[Nateman]

[andy58-in-nh]

Notice how the Warmists have focused on the use of the word "trick" in a single email in order to attempt to deny what was obviously intended (deception) but - more importantly - to draw attention away from the other numerous indications of collaborative fraud among the scientists involved.

Two classic Leftist techniques are at work here: (1) Misdirection: "look at this hand - don't look at the other one!" and (2) The "Straw man" argument - create a caricature of the opposition's argument and attack the (false) caricature rather than the real argument.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

Gee Contessa, do you think they would have called for an investigation of the CRU data if there was no issue? Do you think the CRU scientist would have been asked to step down if there was no issue? I cannot believe how shameless, or clueless the MSM is.

[EGPWS]

MSNBC isn’t altogether there.

They fill a niche for some of the public.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

[rlmorel]

Eric Allie is one of the greatest political cartoonists alive...I think he is one of the greatest in history.

And...he is conservative...:)

[rlmorel]

That’s great...I’m stealing that one!

[Shermy]

“Lovely saw nothing improper in concealing data: “They wanted to keep it out of some of the international reports that the United Nations would be looking at, you know, just to – to move the global talks forward.””

That is one of the most stupid things I have ever read.

[Brett66]

The reporter simply defaults to Mann’s explanation, wallowing in her ignorance. What Mann did was splice proxy and measured temperature data together to make it look like warming had occured, he “hid the decline” by cherry-picking data. This is fraud!

This is a good article that explains it well:

http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/12/understanding_climategates_hid.html

So when Nixon said “I am not a crook” did you just say “Oh well, he said he wasn’t” and leave it at that?

[AFreeBird]

And Saudi isn’t really calling for an investigation into climategate (NOT to be handled by the UN), because of semantics.

[GOPJ]

Aren’t they owned by GE? The company with the most skin in the game?