Just when you thought it was safe to turn on an NBC-owned station, the network is getting ready to bombard citizens with a weeklong manmade global warming propaganda blitzkrieg that's destined to make Nobel Laureate Al Gore and his Norwegian sycophants smile like a polar bear that's just bagged a juicy seal.
It appears the good folks at NBC didn't feel they lost enough money -- and good will! -- pushing this absurd issue down citizens' throats during July's failed "Live Earth" concerts.
Be that as it may, this campaign, cleverly called "Green is Universal" - I guess they couldn't think of anything better that rhymes with "Reading is Fundamental!" - is "part of the company's ‘Get On Board' effort to improve the environment by reducing greenhouse gases, raising awareness about green issues and accelerating change in the media and entertainment industry."
Hmmm. Take out that nonsense about GHGs and green issues, and that sounds like NewsBusters' goal!
As reported by Multichannel News (emphasis added to enhance comedic value):
Through programming, specials and consumer-focused events, NBC U from Nov. 4-10 will focus its resources and efforts toward educating viewers, Web and wireless users and employees on ecological issues and our impact on the environment.
How wonderful. For your further annoyment, take a look at what is planned:
Bravo's coverage across all screens -- TV, Internet and phone -- will include a special "Watch What Happens" broadband broadcast hosted by Andy Cohen featuring Bravo designers, stylists and chefs giving "green tips" on food, fashion, beauty, design and pop culture.
Sci Fi Channel's week will include a green episode of Flash Gordon, a Eurekaseason-one [sic] marathon with a "Technology and Science to the Rescue" theme and a movie night centering on our "Dangerously Changing Planet."
Sundance Channel's weekly eco-destination, "The Green," Nov. 6 will showcase Big Ideas for a Small Planet: Kids and the premiere of RadiantCity, Gary Burns' new film about suburban sprawl and 21st Century suburbanites.
Through a series of on-air and online character vignettes, USA Network will recognize everyday activists, including celebrities, who are making a difference to help save the environment.
CNBC's programming throughout the week will focus on ways in which "going green" can make both a global impact and be financially beneficial. The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch will explore the most cutting-edge and innovative "green" initiatives that businesses are implementing, as well as assessing the impact that going green makes on a business' bottom line.
On NBC, the Peacock's entire Thursday-night lineup -- The Office, My Name Is Earl, 30 Rock, Heroes and Deal or No Deal -- will be eco-themed, while NBC News will take in-depth looks at the issues and some unique special broadcast events.
Kicking off the week with its Sunday Night Football matchup between the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles, the gridiron contest will include Green Is Universal announcements and incorporate the theme through the telecast, as will the college-football game between Air Force and Notre Dame Nov. 10.
Now this is some high-powered brainwashing!
Of course, not to be left out of the propaganda blitzkrieg, the folks at the "Today" show have planned their own warm-mongering agenda as reported by the Chicago Tribune (h/t Marc Morano, emphasis again added for solely self-serving comedic intent):
So NBC's "Today" show has unveiled big plans for next month to jet its stars to the far reaches of the planet -- Matt Lauer in the Arctic, Al Roker at the Equator and Ann Curry in Antarctica -- for live broadcasts aimed at alerting us to the effects of global warming.
Isn't this delicious? The world is coming to an end supposedly because of greenhouse gases which emanate from the burning of fossil fuels. So, the good folks at NBC are going to burn an astounding amount of jet-fuel to save the planet.
I get it:
"There's no question there are some travel arrangements that will require private transportation, and we've talked about that in terms of minimizing our carbon footprint," [Matt] Lauer said Tuesday in a "Today" call with reporters. "It's impossible at this moment to say we can absolutely come up with a neutral carbon footprint, but it's also something we'll examine.
"It's a fair question. It's something that celebrities and activists [face]. ... When you travel like this, is it speaking out of both sides of your mouth?"
Yes it is, Matt, and easy for folks on my side of this debate to point it out. Thanks for placing the ball so nicely on the tee for me.
Back to you in the studio, Meredith.
—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters. Follow him at Facebook and Twitter.
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Uh, Live Earth Anyone?
October 17, 2007 - 13:07 ET by deerjerkydaveYou'd think that NBC would have learned their lesson after Live Earth. I've always said that these networks would rather go down the drain in ratings than become fair and balanced in their information.
Live Earth, Indeed
October 17, 2007 - 13:31 ET by Jeff NudingNanny nanny nanny nanny.
There is no better way to ensure the public completely turns off on all this man made global warming nonsense. Jam it down our throats.
The heavier they ladle it on, the worse it will taste.
THIS JUST IN: EARTH HAS MOLTEN CORE, ORBITS SUN
October 19, 2007 - 12:21 ET by RosettaAP – Al Gore has for a long time been full of hot air. He has a vivid imagination about the world. His mistrust of the seasons stems from an episode of the Twilight Zone, in which the Earth gets too close to the Sun. Summers are hot, and Al is probably the single individual who has done most to create greater worldwide understanding of the measures needed to create a more effective global deodorant.
If college roommate Tommy Lee Jones, could save the City of Los Angeles from errant magma (Volcano), and the world entire from a giant cockroach (Men In Black), then certainly Al Gore deserves a prize for his initiative to combat global wetness. The same active ingredient and trusted formula that kept our leaders dry during the Cold War. As the planet heats up, you don’t have to! Clinton tested: guaranteed to leave no trace.
Okay, the Earth does have a molten core and revolves around a fiery orb. The committee that awarded Al Gore’s prize included a university president, a theologian, and a consultant. And, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, with whom Gore plans to share the prize, does not carry out research, nor does it monitor climate or related phenomena. However, given the newfound legitimacy for Global Warming, a “private group” out of Monterey, California, already vies to seed the North Atlantic with iron oxide pellets to help plankton absorb carbon dioxide (greenhouse gasses). Strategy: “cleanup the planet and make a buck on the side.”
So, to whom did Al Gore donate the $1.8 million dollar Nobel purse? Who is the Alliance for Climate Protection? Perhaps not coincidentally, Al Gore is the founder and chairman of the § 501(c)(3) alliance. Three guesses as to who the IPCC - the world’s pre-eminent scientific body devoted to improving our understanding of the climate crisis - a group whose members have worked tirelessly and selflessly for many years during this true planetary emergency are: http://theseedsof9-11.com
"Global Warming, not just
October 17, 2007 - 13:17 ET by Chris Norman"Global Warming, not just planet threatening, but chic, entertaining, and fun too!"
Aaaagh!
October 17, 2007 - 13:20 ET by greenfairieThey're doing this because they know the public is skeptical or apathetic about the whole global warming song and dance despite the MSM and Hollywood constantly harping about it the past few years.
A network messing with a show's storyline to sell propaganda appalls me to no end. I love "Heroes" and I loathe that they're using the show to pimp a whole lot of hooey.
It's all just about the
October 17, 2007 - 13:21 ET by MidAmericaIt's all just about the upcoming election. War on terror? Why that's a small crisis compared the coming environmental disaster.
These people really believe that GWB only won because he scared the bejeebers out of the country with a phony war so now they think they've come up with an even bigger scare of their own.
Fox Business
October 17, 2007 - 13:22 ET by allanfWhat a great opportunity to tune to the new Fox Business Channel. NBC/Universal continues to under estimate the intelligence of the American people.
But...
October 17, 2007 - 13:29 ET by Killgrave"..that's destined to make Nobel Laureate Al Gore and his Norwegian sycophants smile like a polar bear that's just bagged a juicy seal."
Excuse me, but we melted all the polar bears' ice. They had a lot of it before we came along.
Granted, we didn't actually TAKE the ice from them, but we transformed it into liquid form, which is good if they want to drink it, but NOT good if they want to stand on it. And now they are all dead at the bottom of the sea.
WE didn't melt anything.
October 17, 2007 - 13:40 ET by NL207WE didn't melt anything. These climate cycles have been going on for eons. This one is no different. The human contribution to the aggreate planetary climate is so insignificant as to have been unmeasureable until the advent of modern satellite telemetry about 40 years ago.
This is fact. Buck up and face it.
"It will without doubt
October 17, 2007 - 14:33 ET by danbo"It will without doubt have come to your Lordship's knowledge that a considerable change of climate, inexplicable at present to us, must have taken place in the Circumpolar Regions, by which the severity of the cold that has for centuries past enclosed the seas in the high northern latitudes in an impenetrable barrier of ice has been during the last two years, greatly abated.
(This) affords ample proof that new sources of warmth have been opened and give us leave to hope that the Arctic Seas may at this time be more accessible than they have been for centuries past, and that discoveries may now be made in them not only interesting to the advancement of science but also to the future intercourse of mankind and the commerce of distant nations."
President of the Royal Society, London, to the Admiralty, 20th November, 1817 [13]
Wrong.
Go kill and eat a kangeroo as your warmer friends want you to do.Go eat Hippity Hopper to save the world.
"There is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition."
- Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT
Danbo that was a shock post there at the end ...1817 eh..
October 17, 2007 - 20:09 ET by JayTeeWhen you think you're reading excerpts from an Al Gore supporter and then you get shocked by the date the thing was written.
But it looks like Global Warming was considered a "positive" thing, way back when....it was good news, and could be sold as such today GW does not have to be doom and gloom.
What good is a Free Press, if it is a False Press ? David Foote GoE
Climate change is nothing
October 17, 2007 - 22:28 ET by danboClimate change is nothing new. It's been going on for a long time. As the post indicates. Sometimes it warms. As then, and in the 1930's and 1980-90's. And at other times it cools. Some people just try to pretend this is something new.
Al Gore keeps thanking his mentor Roger Revelle. Giving him credit for showing him AGW. What Gore missed was that Revelle wasn't sure that AGW was real or bad. He thought we needed a minimum of 10-20 years time to see if it was real. And he saw advantages to it if it were real.
Revelle died in the 1990's so we don't know what he would say today. But we do know what he was saying before he died. Though many have tried to suppress it. Or pretend he was losing his mind.
"There is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition."
- Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT
The sky is falling! The sky
October 17, 2007 - 13:47 ET by Clear thinkerThe sky is falling! The sky is falling! The sky is falling!
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CT--passing through--couldn't resist!!
October 17, 2007 - 13:57 ET by misterbill"The sky is falling! The sky is falling! The sky is falling! "
Aw, c'mon, you say that every time it rains or snows!!!!!LOL
Mr. Bill... Don't you get
October 17, 2007 - 14:09 ET by Clear thinkerMr. Bill...
Don't you get tired of all this alarmism? I used to spend a lot of time in NYC (no jokes please) and I would see at least 5 different people a day standing on a corner somewhere holding a sign saying that the "end is near". These are the same types that are now telling us that the sky is falling. Nutcases all!
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Speaking of Live
October 17, 2007 - 14:00 ET by Sick-n-TiredSpeaking of Live Earth----with that immense failure does that mean the rest of the concerts were cancelled?.....
If the "Law of the Sea
October 17, 2007 - 14:03 ET by alamojbIf the "Law of the Sea Treaty" passes, it will not matter what the public thinks. The U.N. will be able to regulate greenhouse gases if they claim they are harming the oceans. You know which country they will come after first. Give you a hint, it won't be China or India. The "West" is under attack from within and without. We are moving forward based on momentum. Europe is being Islamified, the U.S. is being colonized by a second world nation, and both of us are dependent on foreign energy sources, mainly carbon based. Not to mention overwhelming debt. I do not care if the "deficit" has fallen, the overall debt is still huge. This could be the nail in the coffin. http://michellemalkin.com/2007/10/12/more-on-the-meddling-land-of-the-sea-treaty/
Alamojb...based upon the UN's staying power...not to worry
October 17, 2007 - 14:30 ET by JayTeeBased upon the UN's staying power in a war zone like Iraq, not to worry if they show up in White Trucks in Neighborhood near you.
That would be a Mistake, Americans don't like them anyway, let alone embrace the begininig of International law in Georgia.
NASCAR will be a BIG violator of any Carbon Footprint measurement by the UN...if they survive NASCAR, we might be worried.
Besides, The UN can be bribed !!
What good is a Free Press, if it is a False Press ? David Foote GoE
"will focus on ways in
October 17, 2007 - 14:12 ET by danbo"will focus on ways in which "going green" can make both a global impact and be financially beneficial"
You mean they're going to show how the price of everything will go up. And how people in the 3rd and developing worlds will go deeper into poverty.How life will get worse. All as Al gets richer and flies around in a provate jet. And the Hollywood jerks are feeling smug because they did it.
And, the timing. Considering what just happened in South America and Australia, this could be funny. I guess they didn't lose enough money with Live Earth where "billions" watched.
"There is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition."
- Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT
NBC won't be doing anything
October 17, 2007 - 14:20 ET by candanceNBC won't be doing anything but preaching to the choir. Most people pretty much have their minds made up one way or another.
The networks are all getting ready for the Hilary regime. Anyone who does not support global warming in lockstep will be seen as dangerous. NBC wants to keep the DNC's affection more than they want to make good television.
accelerating change in the media? Are you joking? if the media promoted global warming any MORE it would be all they ever talked about.
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Does anyone know how many
October 17, 2007 - 14:37 ET by Chris NormanDoes anyone know how many of the cable channels NBC owns now?
Question on Disney
October 17, 2007 - 14:52 ET by danboI haven't been to Disney World in over 20 years. And will be going next week. However I don't have a high tolerence for pseudo science or political correctness. And I hear there's a lot of both at Disney. (There was a good bit 20 years ago.)
A part of me would like to check out their new Animal Kingdom. But I'm concerned I'll get fed up with BS and get in an argument with them.
As I'm going there for fun. Not political correctness or pseudo science lectures. Any areas, or attractions I should skip.
Of course I could just laugh and point at the stupidity and holler BS when I see it.
"There is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition."
- Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT
not for me
October 17, 2007 - 14:58 ET by candanceI wouldn't go to Disney World if it were free. Far too many other fun places to go in America.
card holding member of the vast right-wing conspiracy
Better Programming - Watch these instead
October 17, 2007 - 19:00 ET by PopularTechI highly suggest we get everyone we know to watch these instead...
The Great Global Warming Swindle (Video) (1hr 14min)
CBC: Documentary: Doomsday Called Off (Video) (44min)
Climate Catastrophe Cancelled (Video) (25min)
CNN: Exposed: Climate of Fear (Video) (42min)
Penn and Teller - Bullshit! - Environmental Hysteria (Video) (29min)
The Anti "Man-Made" Global Warming Resource