Over this past summer, NewsBusters frequently pointed out to its readers that parts of the southern hemisphere were experiencing their coldest winters in more than a century.
Of course, a global warming obsessed media chose not to share such inconvenient truths with their patrons.
Now that summer has turned to winter in our hemisphere, will press outlets be able to be so selective in what weather information they share?
Take for example the following Reuters piece featured at Yahoo concerning China's harsh winter (emphasis added, h/t NBer MikeB):
Millions remained stranded in China on Monday ahead of the biggest holiday of the year as parts of the country suffered their coldest winter in a century.
Freezing weather has killed scores of people and left travelers stranded before the Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival -- the only opportunity many people have for a holiday all year.
[...]
The China Meteorological Administration said the weather was the coldest in 100 years in central Hubei and Hunan provinces, going by the total number of consecutive days of average temperature less than 1 degree Celsius (33.8 degrees Fahrenheit).
Think Katie, Charlie, and Brian will be doing a feature on this Big Chinese Chill this week?
Think they'd be all over this story if it was the middle of the summer, and China was being hit by warmer temperatures than its seen in a century?
Yeah, those are rhetorical questions.
*****Update: NBC's "Nightly News" did a feature on China's cold weather Monday evening:
BRIAN WILLIAMS, anchor:
We're covering a big story overseas tonight. It is being called China's Hurricane Katrina. Today the nation's forecasting office there admitted the country was not prepared for the month of blizzards that have brought it to a virtual standstill. Millions have been stranded. Hundreds of thousands of people are homeless. Food, vital shipments of fuel have been cut. Our own Mark Mullen found out just how challenging life has become as he traveled to an area that has taken the brunt of these storms.
MARK MULLEN reporting:
The journey to reach Chenzhou, the city hardest hit by China's worst winter storms in a century, is long, slow and revealing. For hundreds of miles, power lines everywhere downed by ice, buildings collapsed by snow and frozen crops, which have caused produce prices nationwide to double. Eight hours into what should be a three-hour trip, we reached Chenzhou, the city of four million virtually cut off from the rest of China. For 10 days, there has been no power, no running water, no heat. Coping has become a lesson in ingenuity. For water, people are using community wells. For electricity, merchants who can afford them buy generators. And with limited cell phone service, word of mouth is usually the way to find out if an ATM is working, though cash, just like diesel fuel, is running out.
A city the size of Chenzhou not having electricity for more than a week is causing some concern over how well-equipped China may be to handle a national emergency, just six months before the Summer Olympics.
But the biggest concern for the Cheng family, keeping warm. They've spent their entire savings on coal.
Unidentified Woman: (Through translator) We can't afford to buy more coal if it snows again.
MULLEN: But there was some good news today. A break in the weather gave some of China's one million deployed troops a chance to clear the country's crucial north/south freeway and gives millions of motorists a chance to head home and finally celebrate China's new year holiday. Mark Mullen, NBC News, Chenzhou, China.
Though it's nice to see this being covered, it would also be refreshing to have Williams or Mullen refer to how this impacts the global warming debate.
After all, if the report was on China experiencing its warmest temperatures in 100 years, global warming certainly would have been blamed. With the advent of solar cycle 24, and the likelihood that the globe will be experiencing cooler temperatures for years to come, it only seems fair that media observances of such should call into question the global warming myth.
Or is that asking too much?
—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters.
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Yahoo news has this as a
February 5, 2008 - 12:32 ET by mattmYahoo news has this as a headline, So, yes, they will notice it. They have noticed it. The question is, will they connect the dots between this and Algore's utter lack of credibility. I'd guess no.
No problem
February 5, 2008 - 12:34 ET by mytwocentsIt's called "Global Climate Change" now, so that must be ok.
My roomate watches the
February 5, 2008 - 12:51 ET by taterMy roomate watches the nightly news religously (the only reason why I would even see it) I can't remember which one (NBC I think) had a story about it...so at least one of them is mentioning it.
Didn't hear the words global, climate, or change though.
Do you realize how much it costs to run for office? More than any honest man could afford. -Montgomery Burns
Well tater, here is what
February 5, 2008 - 13:07 ET by dscottWell tater, here is what they didn't report:
http://images.beijing-2008.org/lib/olympic_sqxlzn/en/hunan.pdf
Latitude: 24˚38'-30˚08' N
Climate: Humid continental and subtropical monsoon climate, with four distinctive seasons, abundant sunshine and long frost-free period. • Average annual temperature: 16-18˚C • Average annual precipitation: 1,200-1,500 mm
Miami Florida is at Latitude:, 25° 47', North, about 60 miles north on the globe of Hunan provence. Can you imagine Miami under snow???? In fact, check out the weather average: http://www.weather.com/outlook/events/weddings/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USFL0316?from=search
Lord Sidious / Darth Vader 2008 Long Live the Empire! Come to the Dark Side, it is your Destiny.
I didn't realize it was
February 5, 2008 - 13:23 ET by taterI didn't realize it was that far south in China for the cold stuff...but you can't compare that area to Miami. Two different topographic regions.
I would compare the area more so to the Mexican plateau since it's a hilly, landlocked region. Still hearing reports of snow in Mexico would be big news too.
Do you realize how much it costs to run for office? More than any honest man could afford. -Montgomery Burns
You have got me worrying
February 5, 2008 - 14:51 ET by ricklailYou have got me worrying now. It the place is froze up where will we get our hunan chicken?
If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.-Lewis Grizzard
Where are the graphs showing
February 5, 2008 - 12:58 ET by Dan The Man 2Where are the graphs showing the temperature changes? Haven't seen any recent ones.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
Frigid is as frigid does
February 5, 2008 - 13:01 ET by ArchConservativeI had no idea that Hillary was in China this week.
You support the troops by supporting the mission! If you don't support the mission, have the guts to say you don't support the troops.
They'll give it lip service
February 5, 2008 - 13:16 ET by c5thenBut not question their religion of Global Warming.
None of the Kyoto signers have met their targets in 2007. In fact some have increased their CO2 output even further.
Their are groups pushing for Polar Bears to be placed on the endangered list, yet their are more Polar Bears now then have been recorded in over a century.
The climate was much warmer than present in the middle ages, and much colder in the 1700's. Do you hear any of that from Al Goreacle and company? I hear Discovery channel talking about the arctic ice melting and how that will raise sea level, but any middle school kid knows that ice displaces it's exact volume. Fill up a glass of water and ice all the way and as the ice melts, none of the water spills over. They all are perpetrating a hoax on the public.
The day that "politician" became a career choice is the day we started losing the Republic. Let's get it back! Alan Keyes '08.
Hillary & Obama are running for change...
February 5, 2008 - 13:40 ET by Gary HallHillary & Obama are running for change...
They're likely to get it - a "change" to Global Climate Cooling.
global climate change
February 5, 2008 - 13:50 ET by dronetekThe most nefarious thing about GCC is that it never has to be right about anything. Like most religions it requires faith and not proof. Which is why they can keep making predications that dont come to pass and still retain credibility.
Well dronetek, some predictions might turn out..
February 5, 2008 - 14:40 ET by Gary Hall..better than others.
Scientist predicts 'mini Ice Age'
No Noel, in due time I
February 5, 2008 - 13:48 ET by Sick-n-TiredNo Noel, in due time I really don't think they will be rhetorical questions. I believe, and am waiting for the other shoe to drop, that if these trends keep up it is only a matter of time before they recognize the swing to cooler temps and call on "CLIMATE CHANGE", induced by anthropogenic global warming, hence sending us to a new ice age. They have done it before. I really don't believe they are going to give up on their stranglehold of this "issue" as long as they can keep the people believing that we are altering our climate; and hence, it will give katie, brian, et al., and their favorite politicians, a reason to attempt to control our lives via taxes, lightbulbs, thermostat regulation etc.
"Controlling carbon is a bureaucrat's dream. If you control carbon, you control life," Richard Lindzen - March 2007.
sick-n-tired; energy from blow holes, carbon SAVED 1000 tons /yr
February 5, 2008 - 14:47 ET by upcountrywater100% tax free for this bobbing crock
iranian uranium; iranian uranium, iranian uranium..
4 (unthinkable) H-bombs, NOW THAT'S SOME CHANGE
Keep the change Bob.
I'm hopeful
February 5, 2008 - 14:10 ET by Lame CherryI'm hopeful an eco paper I submitted to a national publication which is reviewing it along with a University studying my thesis on ice formations will be able to be shared here. It will explain a great deal of the above photo and when coupled with my discovery of the "liquid atmosphere slosh factor" due to increased vaporization content we will be able to bury "climate change" or "global warming" forever.
The solar cycles are only a part of this in the engine fuel. The piston of weather though deals with the valve of moisture which I do so hope by God's grace and His glory is understood by the establishment boards who are too sucking upon grant money from the leftists to want to give up the lies.
I won't have to publish it here if it breaks as it will be international news.
agtG
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Two predictions?
February 5, 2008 - 14:23 ET by MoonageThat's asking too much.
Al Gore predicted more, more powerful hurricanes. Oleg Sorokhtin predicted colder winters. One got a Nobel, one got ignored.
http://space.moonagewebdream.com/2008/02/05/which-prediction-is-more-right-so-far/
They want there cake and there gonna eat it too!
February 5, 2008 - 17:27 ET by NofNow global warming is going to be responsible for less hurricanes! In case u missed it.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080122_warmeroceans.html
"When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat" R. Reagan
So global warming is going
February 5, 2008 - 19:59 ET by MikeBSo global warming is going to cause more, and more powerful hurricanes or fewer and less powerful hurricanes. It will cause warmer or cooler temperatures. It will cause more or less rainfall. It will increase or decrease crop yields. With predictions like that, how can anyone doubt the validity of AGW?
Actually, the only thing AGW will do is cause marxist/socialist politicians to call for raising taxes and micromanaging our lives.
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
Exactly!
February 6, 2008 - 03:14 ET by NofIts the 50/50/100 rule. 50% AGW or 50% AGW, but 100% bad when the government attempts to fix it!
"When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat" R. Reagan
Oh Noel, give them time..
February 5, 2008 - 15:36 ET by Gary HallYou are well aware - Global Warming causes extreme weather, and that would include decades of global cooling. Surely the press is onto this.
Rhetorical comments expected.
Media coverage of Greenland
February 5, 2008 - 15:44 ET by Ralph Hansen Ph. D.About three weeks ago the Copenhagen Post printed an article entitled "Ice returns as Greenland temps plummet" about Barbara Boxer and Nancy Pelosi’s favorite tourist town in Greenland. Not a single news outlet in the United States picked up this article. But the latest Google News search shows 174 media outlets are carrying an article headlined, “Tipping Points" Seen for Greenland Ice.”
Meanwhile, satellite monitoring data shows 2007 was the coldest year this decade. In fact global temperatures have fallen more than 1°F in the past 36 months, which is equivalent to the entire warming of the 20th Century. Do you think the media will notice?
- People only insist that a debate stop when they are afraid of what might be learned if it continues. -- George Will
Exactly.
February 5, 2008 - 15:50 ET by September*Like most religions it requires faith and not proof.*
It doesn't matter what the weather is, the climate is, how extreme or normal or in-between, it will all be attributed to manmade activities and the infamous non-polluting "pollutant", Co2. Bad bad bad, didn't ya' know, you're all bad naughty people! Screw the pieces of the puzzle that don't fit the big AGW picture and believe or die.
Or is that burn in hell? ;-)
Global warming, definitely
February 5, 2008 - 16:53 ET by niner-four-whiskeySee, y'all are all missing the point. This is PROOF! of Man Made Global Warming. Any incident of warmer than usual weather, or colder than usual weather, or usual usual weather is actually the direct result of man made global warming.
That it happened in China is like double super-proof (scientifically speaking) since China is burning so much fossil fuel making stuff for WalMart to sell.
Obviously, this problem is due to the lack of taxation of wealthy, old, white guys, who are to blame without question.
So there you go, scientifically proven. Let's go have a rock concert or a protest or something. We can take our Range Rovers.
Hold on to your hats
February 5, 2008 - 17:20 ET by RackieJust when you thought it couldn't get any worse for the environment, videophilla threatens to undermine any solution to the biodiversity crisis.
Huh?
Now just one eau de cologne
February 5, 2008 - 20:05 ET by MikeBNow just one eau de cologne minute here! According to the media, carbon dioxide is bad. People driving cars puts carbon dioxide in the air, and that is bad. If people went to national parks for camping, hiking, rock climbing, etc., that would mean they needed to drive (or fly) there, which would put evil, nasty, bad carbon dioxide in the air, and that is bad. Won't these rectal orifices please make up their little minds?
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
One second thought ...
February 5, 2008 - 19:19 ET by CrashNO! Don't go green come back! We miss you and "scores of people are dying!"
Here's a thought. Provide
February 5, 2008 - 20:56 ET by RackieHere's a thought. Provide all wilderness areas with cell phone towers and wireless internet access. Build it and they will come.
global warming
February 5, 2008 - 21:04 ET by AppyAmericanNiner Four Whiskey
You are now on double secret probation for that analysis.