In today's You Really Can't Make This Stuff Up moment, the New York Times has issued a correction to a front page article that was highlighted by Nobel Laureate Al Gore in his recent climate change testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on April 24.
Here's what Gore said that day (video embedded right, relevant section at 1:40):
Sen. Warner made reference in his opening statement to the story on the front page of the New York Times this morning. Absolutely incredible. The largest corporate carbon polluters in America, 14 years ago, asked their own people to conduct a review of all of this science. And their own people told them, “What the international scientific community is saying is correct, there is no legitimate basis for denying it.” Then, these large polluters committed a massive fraud far larger than Bernie Madoff’s fraud. They are the Bernie Madoffs of global warming. They ordered the censoring and removal of the scientific review that they themselves conducted, and like Bernie Madoff, they lied to the people who trusted them in order to make money.
Eight days later, Marc Morano reported at Climate Depot that the Times has issued a correction:
The New York Times and reporter Andrew Revkin have now admitted the article “erred” on a key point. Revkin wrote about the now defunct Global Climate Coalition and documents that suggest the group had scientists on board in the 1990's who claimed “the science backing the role of greenhouse gases in global warming could not be refuted.” Revkin's article came under immediate fire from scientists and others who called into question the central claims and the accuracy of the story.
In a May 2, 2009 post titled “A Climate Correction”, Revkin and the New York Times wrote: “The article cited a 'backgrounder' that laid out the coalition's public stance, published in the early 1990s and distributed widely to lawmakers and journalists. However, the article failed to note a later version of the backgrounder that included language that conformed to the scientific advisory committee's conclusion. The amended version, which was brought to the attention of The Times by a reader, acknowledged the consensus that greenhouse gases could contribute to warming. What scientists disagreed about, it said, was 'the rate and magnitude of the 'enhanced greenhouse effect' (warming) that will result.'"
Readers are advised NOT to hold their breath waiting for Gore to issue a correction.
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Yes. Bernie Madoff. Yes. Gorbal ManBearPig.
May 2, 2009 - 15:09 ET by JWFSomeone needs to pay now.
What scientists disagreed about, it said, was 'the rate and magnitude of the 'enhanced greenhouse effect' (warming) that will result.'"
It is those lying scientists covering for the Sun and Water Vapor that is doing on teh censoring on teh Al Gore.
Stop this now so Al can get even more of teh wealth that Uncle 'Bama can redistribute to all teh poor freeloaders.
Sincerely,
a Veteran of a 1000 psychic wars.
It seems Mr Gore's hair is
May 2, 2009 - 15:21 ET by nolotrippenIt seems Mr Gore's hair is not getting enough CO2.
Tell me it ain't so....
May 2, 2009 - 15:29 ET by jdripperA liberal playing fast and loose with the truth it just can't be...
Jack
"If at age 20 you are a conservative then you have no heart. If at age 30 you are a liberal then you have no brains." Sir Winston Churchill
Sure to infuriate Al...
May 2, 2009 - 15:34 ET by slickwillie2001I posted this somewhere a couple of days ago if anyone missed it; Australia perhaps the first country prepared to take a balanced look at both sides of the AGW theory: Australia Does Due Diligence on Global Warming: http://www.americanthinker.com
Let's hope that all parties involved have a financial disclosure.
Manbearpig
May 2, 2009 - 18:08 ET by rexdraconimManbearpig discussing Man Made Global Swining....
Whining will soon ensue for the swooning over swining and warned of warming.
But will we see a manbearpig fly? Will he then be said to have flu?
And I am thsooper cereal.....
"You can have Peace or you can have Freedom; just don't count on having both at the same time." - R.A.H
"I'll take the harsh reality of liberty over the illusion of security...everytime!" -me<
I miss you Rex.
November 14, 2009 - 16:38 ET by JWFGodspeed my friend.
Gore's latest "massive fraud"?
May 2, 2009 - 16:06 ET by Vivaldi5Does this mean that now we get to say that Al Gore's use of the article (and continuous global warming scare tactics and hype) constituted "a massive fraud far larger than Bernie Madoff’s fraud"?
Al Gore's "Testimony" (Lies) Corrected
May 2, 2009 - 16:26 ET by PopularTechLies, Damned Lies, and Al Gore on Climate (PDF) (Science & Public Policy Institute)
Christopher Monckton, who was barred from testifying by the Democrats corrects ALL of Al Gore's "testimony" (lies). Just like he did about his propaganda movie...
35 Inconvenient Truths: The errors in Al Gore’s movie (Science & Public Policy Institute)
Obama: "Cap & Trade Will Cause Electricity Rates To Skyrocket"
Flase Flag Operation
May 2, 2009 - 16:41 ET by DustBunny01It would not surprise me in the least if this article was planted in the NYT for the sole purpose to be referenced by Senator Warner and then referenced by former V.P. Gore as a means to add fuel to the fire of lies about Global Warming.
With the damage done, a retraction gets slipped in so that the NYT can maintain an appearance of only being "mislead".
Without question the article's release was timed for Gore
May 2, 2009 - 18:50 ET by PopularTechRevkin is a shill for Al Gore. They are both well aware what will happen if people really hear both sides of the story.
"More informed respondents both feel less personally responsible for global warming, and also show less concern for global warming" - 2008 Texas A&M University Study
All anyone needs to ask themselves is why Al Gore is considered a climate expert.
Obama: "Cap & Trade Will Cause Electricity Rates To Skyrocket"
Speaking of curious
May 2, 2009 - 19:04 ET by dboSpeaking of curious timing,
just hours after Revkin's correction in response to Lord Monckton's letter of formal complaint to the Public Editor of the NY Times, Hansen apologist and NB hater Gavin Schmidt attacks and smears Lord Monckton on his Surrealclimate blog.
RealClimate.org is directly connected to Al Gore
May 2, 2009 - 19:22 ET by PopularTechWe all know why that is, RealClimate is directly connected to Al Gore.
RealClimate.org
Hosted by - Environmental Media Services
- Environmental Media Services (EMS) (Discover the Networks)
"EMS's founder and President was Arlie Schardt, who also served as the National Press Secretary for Al Gore's 1988 presidential campaign, and as Gore's Communications Director during his 2000 bid for the White House. [...]
EMS officially served as the "scientific" branch of the leftist public-relations firm Fenton Communications; both companies shared the same Washington, D.C. address and office space. For more than a decade, David Fenton (CEO of Fenton Communications) used EMS to run negative media campaigns against a wide variety of targets, including biogenetic foods, America's dairy industry, and President George W. Bush. [...]
EMS also produced many stories condemning the Bush administration's environmental policies. Among these titles were: "Bush Administration Obscures Truth About Toxic Cleanups"; "President Bush Signs Fatally Flawed Wildfire Bill"; "Earth Day Event To Highlight Bush Administration Assault On Environment, Public Health"; "Bush Administration Report Card: 'F' on Protecting Children"; and "National Environmental Groups Launch Campaign to Defeat President Bush." EMS claimed that the data contained in its press releases constituted "the latest and most credible information" provided by "top scientists, physicians, and other experts." These "experts" included officials of Greenpeace, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the World Wildlife Fund, and the Union of Concerned Scientists."
Obama: "Cap & Trade Will Cause Electricity Rates To Skyrocket"
Maybe if Al Gore had cited
May 2, 2009 - 16:54 ET by eaglewingz08Maybe if Al Gore had cited Winston Churchill claiming the dangers of man made Global Warming to human civilization, and than had it posted on say, the deranged website of a man who spends more time trying to debunk the parentage of a nine month old baby boy; and then had such quote cited by the President of the USA at an informal gathering of his public relations department; Mr. Gore's quote would never have been corrected because the President's adoption of the quote would have made it "Holy Scripture."
The King
May 2, 2009 - 17:06 ET by dboNice to see warmists eat crow once again for promoting science fiction. Meanwhile, on the other side of the universe in a remote insignificant galaxy, former Clinton hack and dangerously unbalanced NB hater Joe Romm amazingly comes to the defense (and smears Laura Ingraham) of Al Gore for his bare a$$ lies before congress.
Al Gore is The Ultimate Environmetal Hypocrite
May 2, 2009 - 18:59 ET by PopularTechI cannot believe anyone takes anything this fraud says seriously.
Al Gore and Global Warming - Is He a Hypocrite? (Video) (10min)
Al Gore Takes Private Jet (Video) (7min)
Al Gore attends 'Green' Ball in SUV (Video) (TMZ)
Al Gore, Environmentalist and Zinc Miner (The Wall Street Journal)
- Zero on Zinc: The mining double standard (National Review Online)
Al Gore is No Conservationist (The Washington Post)
Al Gore, polluter? (WorldNetDaily)
Al Gore Refuses to Take Personal Energy Ethics Pledge (US Senate Environment & Public Works Committee)
Al Gore snubs Earth Hour (Watts Up With That)
Al Gore: Occidental Petroleum Connections (The Wall Street Journal)
Al Gore: The Other Oil Candidate (CorpWatch)
Al Gore's Inconvenient Stock Portfolio Exposed (The Earth Times)
Al Gore's Inconvenient Toxic Waste Dump (NewsMax)
Bush's Ranch House 'Far More Eco-Friendly' Than Gore's (CNSNews)
- George W. Bush's eco-friendly ranch compared to Al Gore's energy-expending mansion = True (Snopes)
Eco-warrior Al Gore serves up endangered fish at daughter's party (Daily Mail, UK)
Environmentalists Attack Gore's Dishonesty (NewsMax)
Gore and Enron: Controlling Hypocritical Authority (National Review Online)
Gore's Elk Hills/Occidental Oil Scandal: Bigger Than Teapot Dome (NewsMax)
Gore’s Entourage Lincoln Town Car Outside Global Warming Speech Idles w/ AC Cranking for 20 Minutes! (Canada Free Press)
Gore's Oil Money (The Nation)
Gore Hits the Waves with a Massive New Houseboat (Pajamas Media)
Gore's home energy use: more than 20 times the national average (Tennesse Center for Policy Research)
- Al Gore's Inconvenient Electric Bill (FOX News)
- Al Gore's residence uses considerably more energy than the average American home = True (Snopes)
Gore’s personal electricity consumption up 10%, despite "energy-efficient" home renovations (Tennesse Center for Policy Research)
- Al Gore's Epic Hypocrisy (FOX News)
- Gore's Mansion Uses More Energy After 'Going Green' (CNSNews)
Gore isn't quite as green as he's led the world to believe (USA Today)
Hypocrite Gore Should Practice What He Preaches (The Tech, MIT)
Integrity in the Balance: Al Gore's Record On the Environment (CorpWatch)
Meet the real Al Gore (WorldNetDaily)
Old-Growth Timber used to Rebuild the Veranda of the Vice Presidential Mansion (Newsweek)
Whose Ox Is Gored? The Former Vice President's Environmental Exaggerations and Hypocrisy (The Wall Street Journal)
Obama: "Cap & Trade Will Cause Electricity Rates To Skyrocket"
AL GORE WON'T DEBATE GLOBAL WARMING.
May 2, 2009 - 19:39 ET by TailgunnerWe need to hammer that home a hundred times in every forum, every venue and every article.
Repeat it so kids will say it to their parents.
Co-workers will tell it to each other on breaks.
Even liberals will be forced to confront it.
Eventually, through that one fact, Americans will be aware that Al Gore knows his arguments are false.
The alternative is 'skyrocketing energy prices' and shrinking economy and liberty.
NOLO PUGNARE ME OCCIDERE
Algore putting his money where his mouth is
May 2, 2009 - 19:52 ET by sevenActually he has only eating utensils near his mouth.
the baloney detector for algore is lying with loudness and boldness doesn't make it any more truthfull.
Al Gore Will Not Debate Global Warming
May 2, 2009 - 20:00 ET by PopularTechDespite numerous offers to do so...
Bjørn Lomborg Challenges Al Gore to a Debate (The Wall Street Journal)
Chris Horner Challenges Al Gore to a Debate (The Heartland Institute)
Czech President Klaus ready to debate Gore on climate change (The Earth Times)
Dennis T. Avery Challenges Al Gore to a Debate (The Heartland Institute)
Lord Christopher Monckton Challenges Al Gore to a Debate (Center for Science and Public Policy)
- Monckton not allowed to debate with Gore (Watts Up With That?)
Ivy League Professor Bets Al Gore $10,000 He’s Wrong About Global Warming (NewsBusters)
Steve Milloy Challenges Al Gore to a Debate (The Heartland Institute)
Why Won’t Al Gore Debate? (The Heartland Institute)
Will Al Gore Melt? If not, why did he chicken out on an interview? (The Wall Street Journal)
Sign the Petition: Al Gore, Debate Global Warming (8000+ Signatures)
What is Al Gore afraid of?
Obama: "Cap & Trade Will Cause Electricity Rates To Skyrocket"
What warming? Bernie Madoff's of global warming..
May 2, 2009 - 20:32 ET by Gary HallWhat warming? Perhaps the Bernie Madoff's of global warming.. are mostly on the Gore side of the discussion.
On the other hand, who would really expect Gore and the MSM to have any interest in what Harvard found in some 200 climate studies?
Accorrding to this concensus of scientific opinio
And if it's not any warmer now than it was then, what's the big deal?
And if it's not any warmer
May 2, 2009 - 20:44 ET by bigtimerAnd if it's not any warmer now than it was then, what's the big deal?
Gary...Money, money, money.
Did you catch Marsha Blackburn asking Gore if he was/has/expects to profit off all this BS Cap and Trade etc before Congress via the tax-payers?
(I added the tax-payers in...but that is what she was saying/asking...)
Like I have said numerous times here, Blackburn is one of the very best....I wished she would get in the Senate, or for that matter higher.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
→ Blackburn Rocks
May 2, 2009 - 20:49 ET by Cool ArrowI just can't bring myself to toot her horn very often for fear Pavlov Tech will find a new woman to trash.
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
Re not any warmer
May 2, 2009 - 22:03 ET by slickwillie2001Fat Al claimed that his organization is a non-profit, and that may be true. It doesn't mean however that he doesn't pay himself an obscene salary complete with big bonuses and expense accounts. Non-profit status for shysters like Gore is just another key component of the scam; it doesn't mean a whole lot.
You know...tomorrow if I
May 3, 2009 - 00:12 ET by bigtimerYou know...tomorrow if I remember, I am going to have to find that video...I couldn't stand to watch but some of all of that BS with Gore and the committee...I did post some of what I saw, but I missed the whole thing with Blackburn, but did see the video a few days back, it was spliced ...but...oh it was priceless...he was pissed, defensive.
She is the best...of course the msm ignored all of this.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
My favorite topic
May 2, 2009 - 23:56 ET by VinncyGThe NY Times once again proves they are nothing more than a drone of the liberal left. They question nothing, challenge nothing (except everything republican). This is what happens when you are in bed with one party.
Corrections are really meaningless, they have been caught making phony stories before to satisfy the left.
Under their current management they exhibit that they are truly a useless newspaper. It will take more time for circulation to go down so that only the blind liberal will waste their time with this has been of a newspaper.
I'm sure they are anticipating bale out money from the Democrats to keep them floating financially and stay in lock step with the party line. Heil Times.
Vinny... As far as I am
May 3, 2009 - 00:07 ET by bigtimerVinny...
As far as I am concerned that filthy-rag of a paper is nothing but treasonous... ...and nothing is ever done about it over the decades...and never will be, yet we will end up bailing them out too....
Accountability means zilch...if you are a leftist.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
I am SO glad that Gore lost the 2000 election
May 3, 2009 - 07:16 ET by TheHistorianThe only good point which might have happened if this guy winning the 2000 election is that, if he had, we might never have seen the current White House resident as President. Gore has certainly carried Bill Clinton's lying onward.
Bigtimer
May 3, 2009 - 09:19 ET by VinncyGYou are absolutely correct. Nothing can be done unfortunately because when the paper passed to the son (who is actually in the left field bleaches not just left field) he has all the controlling stock.
Finally some brain dead shareholders have started to wake up and actually see how poorly run this rag is.
But, bail out money will make sure they are toeing the party line, unfortunately for shareholders but mostly for us, people who need to depend on a free media to watch over the abuses of the system we have in place. I don't know what they are turning out schools these days but they don't know investigative reporting, unbiased opinion, or abuses in government. Whatever happened to a media that read a bill fairly and reported on it's pros and cons, it's not like we have a system in place where the elected officials actually read the bills they pass.
The Times is a dinosaur and the asteroid hit.
Re Pinch
May 3, 2009 - 11:55 ET by slickwillie2001Don't know if you read the syrupy-sweet profile of Carlos Slim that the NYT did. Funny how one can go from a rapacious evil capitalist swine to a model citizen in a couple of months.
Pinch Grovels: http://www.americanthinker.com
Pinch rarely does personal appearances because he is so stunningly unimpressive. I caught him once on a PBS panel on something, and you could mistake him for your typical arrogant college student that attends those kind of things.
Pinch interviewed regularly on Red Eye. He's very flat
May 3, 2009 - 12:02 ET by Jack BauerCatch Pinch Putzberger most nights 3am Red Eye/FNC.
He's hillarious.
LOL this is a perfect
May 3, 2009 - 09:28 ET by kangarooLOL this is a perfect example of the libs believing their own bs, will they ever get a clue
Temperature graph
May 3, 2009 - 13:56 ET by young_schoolWould someone please zoom out of these friggin temperature graphs. Everytime I see an Earth temperature plot where the entire scale of the temperature delta is 1 degree, I get furious that no congressmen and women will point this out.
Gore and his "science" are statistically impaired.
Young School
A very serious problem, we know the real enemy.
November 3, 2009 - 14:52 ET by Rafael LomenaThere are probably other more important causes being systematically ignored, not only for Al Gore, but by the IPCC dependent of the ONU, for example, the rapid upward trend of forest fires exorbitant DIRECTLY proportional to population growth in the world.
More information on this site (spanish docs):
+ http://calentamiento...
They can also read this news published in some media for months:
+ http://www.cubanuest...
How many 'exorbitant' forest fires do China and India have?
November 3, 2009 - 16:19 ET by TailgunnerOr, for that matter, just about anywhere in Africa?
I find it difficult to accept the notion that forest fires directly correlate with population growth.
As GUN CONTROL has nothing to do with GUNS, so HEALTH CONTROL has nothing to do with HEALTH.
Tyranny is rarely felt save by those who OPPOSE it. (unknown)
The enemy is you idiot so shut up.
November 3, 2009 - 21:24 ET by JWFComing in to a thread that hs been dead for six months.
Any increase in forest fires are due to the drought out west in the U.S and a poorly mismanged fire policy for decades. Nature knows best and nature has quick fires go through every few years. Instead we aggresively fight every fire lettting the underbrush build up and artificially increase the density of trees.
Sincerely,
a Veteran of a 1000 psychic wars.