NBC's Curry Rams Global Warming Bias Into Three Straight News Briefs
On Wednesday's Today show NBC's Ann Curry managed to thread the theme of global warming through three different news stories, during her 9am news update. The co-anchor began by notifying viewers about the "wild weather" of record rainfall and tornadoes in the South to snow in the Midwest and then told her audience that "unusual weather seems to be a growing trend" as she delivered the latest bit of alarmism coming out of a climate conference in Mexico. Curry then wrapped up her update with a quirky eco-friendly news story about a Tokyo aquarium that is using an electric eel to light up its Christmas tree.
The following series of news briefs from Curry were aired on the December 1 Today show:
(video after the jump)
ANN CURRY: Wild weather was one for the record books last night or overnight, with record rainfall in parts of Georgia, North Carolina and Alabama. Eleven reported tornadoes ripped through Mississippi with winds of up to 165mph. In the Midwest snow and sub zero temperatures snarled traffic and shut down schools.
And unusual weather seems to be a growing trend. Deadly, scorching heat waves could soon become the new normal for the summer, according to the World Meteorological Association, rather Organization, addressing a global climate conference currently underway in Mexico. And extreme heat isn't the only potential danger. The pattern of Atlantic hurricanes is shifting toward more frequent and more powerful category 4 and 5 storms according to the researchers in Mexico.
And it may not be the solution to global warming but it is a bright idea. An aquarium near Tokyo is using an electric eel – look at this – to light its Christmas tree. The muscle tissue of the fish generates up to 800 volts, enough to power up some holiday cheer.
—Geoffrey Dickens is the Senior News Analyst at the Media Research Center. You can follow him on Twitter here
- Geoffrey Dickens's blog
- Login to post comments
Comments
Oh, the eel thing isn't new.
Submitted by bkeyser on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 5:24pm.
Oh, the eel thing isn't new. I've been running my heat and air on electric eels for years now. They also make wonderful and unique holiday ornaments. And they're not bad in a stew.
Ann Curry, "..unusual weather seems to be a growing trend."
Submitted by Gary Hall on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 6:38pm.
"Seems," is the key word here, Ms Curry. And, it only seems that way to those who "seem" to simply want to seemingly see things that way.
I'm sure that during my 58 years on this beautiful and very active planet, that somewhere a weather record has been set each and every day of each year.
Or, at least it "seems" that way.
Wow - The eastern Polish city of Bialystok hit -26 Celsius on Tuesday night - and, it's not even winter yet.
Yes, of course Ann, we heard - AGW can result in record cold spells too.
(;~/ gary
Ann, you ignorant sl*t
Submitted by Jack Herman on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 7:00pm.
"...with record rainfall in parts of Georgia, North Carolina and Alabama. Eleven reported tornadoes ripped through Mississippi with winds of up to 165 mph. In the Midwest snow and subzero temperature..."
Otherwise known as late November/early December to those of us in flyover country.
On the other hand.. . such weather can come at a cost!
Submitted by Gary Hall on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 7:23pm.
News Flash: Some of the chili [pepper], and other critically important spices required for the making of a good pot of chili, have been damaged in some of the extreme weather, of late. In addition to the impact on the futures markets, there's a spreading fear that with yet another extremely cold and harsh winter banging on our backdoors, that millions may have to go without properly concocted chili this season.
We can only hope that the hops crop did not suffer from the unusually cold weather on the west coast this year, as hops is an important ingredient in the brewing of beer, which not only is sometimes used in making a good pot of chili; it's critically important in washing it down and in quenching the fire in one's mouth.
(;~> gary
Absolutly
Submitted by Boudin on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 9:47pm.
Bravo!!
We want global warming, we want global warming, "everybody", we need global warming, we need global warming!!
Never Ending
Submitted by rammingspeed on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 10:03pm.
She's disgracing herself, discrediting herself with the American public, most of which has tuned out she and her ilk. Global warming is the "progressive's" holy grail, and they cling to it as strongly as they cling to life itself.
Remember! Weather is only
Submitted by Rusty Shackleford on Thu, 12/02/2010 - 12:39am.
Remember! Weather is only the weather when the weather is inconvient to the Global Warming religious zealots. Weather is called "climate" when it supports Global Warming alarmism.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chris Matthews: The Joy Behar of MSNBC.
Bill Maher: The Joy Behar of HBO.
Paul Krugman: The Joy Behar of The New York Times.
Oops! Climate Scientist
Submitted by Cowboy on Thu, 12/02/2010 - 1:24am.
Oops!
Climate Scientist Admits No Warming in 15 Years
http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/tech-mainmenu-30/environment/297...
I guess Ann had to say
Submitted by jdhawk on Thu, 12/02/2010 - 3:13am.
I guess Ann had to say something - anyting except that the numb nuts that are attempting to extort $100 billion out of the US, (yeah we may not have to come up with all of it , but we will be asked for the largest share) in Cancun for the countries of murdering dictators . . . oops . . . er . . . the developing nations to adjust to the planet "warming" is falling apart.
Not only that, but Japan is said to be pulling out of the Koyota Accords. And, there doesn't seem to much interest on putting together the following to the accords that expire in a couple of years.
In other words, this is great news, People across the planet are waking up to the BS that is global warming. Only, the lame stream media is attempting to avoid what is really going on and putting the best face on it.
And, so, we get the eel report? lol