To be fair, this story ran two weeks ago, but as no one posted it then, I posted it to demonstrate that algore's timing remains as impeccable as ever.
Posted on 12/29/2010 12:20:22 PM PST by presidio9
Former Vice President Al Gore is picking a fight with Fox News over a year-old management memo that he says betrays a bias against global warming science.
"Fox News has consistently delivered false and misleading information to its viewers about the climate crisis," Gore wrote on his website. "The leaked e-mails now suggest that this bias comes directly form the executives responsible for their news coverage."
Gore was referring to a Dec. 8, 2009 memo attributed to Fox News' Washington Managing Editor Bill Sammon and posted by the liberal-leaning website Media Matters, according to The Hill newspaper. In the memo, Sammon wrote, "Given the controversy over the veracity of climate change data, we should refrain from asserting that the planet has warmed (or cooled) in any given period without IMMEDIATELY pointing out that such theories are based upon data that critics have called into question. It is not our place as journalists to assert such notions as facts."
Media Matters said the memo went out just after a Fox News correspondent reported that the United Nations World Meteorological Organization had said 2000 to 2009 was the warmest decade on record.
The prevailing view in the scientific community is that it's getting hotter -- and the warming is due to human activities such as energy production from coal-fired power plants. But there are dissenters, some of whom suggest that the warming is cyclical and not man-made.
"There's no legitimate debate," Gore insisted. "The planet is warming. Moreover, man-made global warming pollution is the principal cause."
Overall, the former vice president said, "the media's coverage of climate issues has been atrocious. However, Fox seems determined to set the bar even lower."
The Hill did not report any response from Fox News to Gore's remarks.
To be fair, this story ran two weeks ago, but as no one posted it then, I posted it to demonstrate that algore's timing remains as impeccable as ever.
Al Gore can go intercourse himself. ManBearPig lives.
What did he do... fart in their general direction?
Why not just watch another channel, Al?
Is it snowing in the FOX newsroom? They would be well advised to lay in supplies for the coming indoor blizzard considering Al’s record of bringing a dark cloud of bad weather wherever he goes.
Shouldn't this story be posted under "Ironic Humor" rather than "News"?
;-)
Hey Al, kiss my arse!
What did you say Al? I couldn’t hear you from my igloo.
Oxymoron Alert.
Al Gore
Moron Alert.
`ManBearPeeg, we unplug our noses at you and shake our naughty bits at
your maiden aunties, you wiper of other peoples’ bottoms.’ Fox News
A global warming conference in Aspen in February! I'm serial.
Oh, good. I was afraid Gore had missed it. He misses so much.
Yep. It's a religion alright! Or, at any rate, it AIN'T science!
You just can't make stuff like this up... The stones on this guy! I mean, the un-abashed gall! Amazing. Al, you're (thankfully) one of a kind. But Al, I gotta tell ya, this AGW shtick is way, way past it's expiration date. You really need to move on. AGW was dying of natural causes (ie. lack of supporting data), but when the emails from East Anglia hit the 'net it was over. Al, you're looking like an even bigger fool than before - and I seriously didn't think that was possible.
... and the snow storm that’s going to hit Aspen in February will be both hugh AND serial.
Algore’s ice covered head is exploding because it is sooooo freakin cold.
He claims FOX but he is really angry at God for exposing him as the fool he is.
Hey Al, it is never a good idea to taunt God. lol
It’s an obsession.
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