The British showed it in March. The Swedes in April. Now, the Aussies are going to air it.
When will American television?
In this case, “it” refers to the British documentary “The Great Global Warming Swindle” (video available here) which presents the other side of the climate change debate the media and folks like soon-to-be-Dr. Al Gore don’t want you to hear.
As reported by News.com.au (emphasis added throughout):
The Great Global Warming Swindle, to be aired by the national broadcaster in July, is the ideological opposite to Al Gore's acclaimed movie An Inconvenient Truth.
The documentary rebuts mounting scientific evidence that global warming is caused predominantly by human activity, and says it's the result of changes in radiation from the sun.
ABC in Australia obviously has a much firmer grasp of the journalistic principle of showing both sides of an issue rather than advancing an agenda:
Channel 4 defended the film, as has ABC director of television Kim Dalton, on the basis that all sides of the hotly contested global warming debate deserved to be represented.
“Currently the issue of global warming is being debated around the world,” Mr Dalton said.
“This documentary presents a controversial side to that debate.”
[…]
“There are people who still question the link between human activity and global warming. I believe it's important that these views are heard and debated,” Mr Dalton said.
In an article on Sunday, I asked the following questions:
Have you noticed that most of the articles you see that are skeptical about man’s role in climate change come from foreign publications based in countries like Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada?
Why do you think that is?
Are the American press too emotionally attached to the issue -- and, in particular, the chief spokesman, soon-to-be-Dr. Al Gore -- to even consider the possibility that the debate isn't over, and that their role as journalists is supposed to be to further discussion rather than squelch it?
With that in mind, as “An Inconvenient Truth” has now been shown on cable, and likely will make it to a broadcast network in the upcoming months, when will American television follow in the footsteps of Great Britain, Sweden, and Australia?
Or, do we Americans have to continue to look towards foreign media to learn about the other side of this crucial issue?
—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters. Follow him at Facebook and Twitter.
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When will American television
May 22, 2007 - 11:12 ET by mattmWhen will American television air it? Good question. I think PBS should be forced to show it...along with a whole bunch of other "politically incorrect" scientific and sociological programming....After all, they are supported by ALL the taxpayers, not just the ones who kiss Chicken Little's tail...
Better yet, the Discovery Cha
May 22, 2007 - 11:29 ET by Sick-n-TiredBetter yet, the Discovery Channel would be a good outlet; I know many more people that watch that. And then, I think, if the Inconvenient Truth is aired on one of the Big 3, then the Great Global Warming Swindle should be shown as well out of 'fairness' to the arguement. Not going to hold my breath though....
The Aussies don't believe in
May 22, 2007 - 12:06 ET by Phan of TruthThe Aussies don't believe in global warming? They must be racist.
lolThis is getting more and m
May 22, 2007 - 19:31 ET by dahliatraverslol
This is getting more and more embarassing for the American msm.
Dalton's statement is suspect.
May 22, 2007 - 12:25 ET by Gary HallOdly enough, even in this context, Dalton's statement is suspect. He says:
It's not The Great Global Warming Swindle that is controverisal - certainly not any more so than Gore's flic. What is controversial is that the media is presenting it as controversial.
The media's role should be to encourage the debate - not to censure it. The media is controversial.
Absent this excellent documen
May 22, 2007 - 12:45 ET by seldumondeAbsent this excellent documentary, Glenn Beck recently did a special on climate change alarmism that featured some of the same scientists, as well as tearing up Kyoto and revealing the Stalinist tactics used to silence critics. It was very good, and I'm hoping it will be shown again sometime.
"Currently the issue of
May 22, 2007 - 16:56 ET by RESTLESS 1"Currently the issue of Global Warming is being debated around the world"
Didn't this guy get the message? The debate is over. Laurie David and Sheryl Crow had better have a talk with him.
Btw, the Glenn Beck special w
May 22, 2007 - 16:58 ET by RESTLESS 1Btw, the Glenn Beck special was very good.
Stalinist tactics
May 22, 2007 - 19:37 ET by LionKingWe should not be surprised that debate is inhibited by these Stalinist tactics. Liberals have been doing that for years regarding evolution. Global Warming is just another unproven theory being treated as though it is a fact.
Libs do not practice critical thining and they use junk science to support their claims. PATHETIC !!!
By the way, love the global w
May 22, 2007 - 19:57 ET by dahliatraversBy the way, love the global warming graphics that accompany these posts, Noel.
Dahlia
May 23, 2007 - 00:05 ET by Noel SheppardDT,
To quote Popeye, we aims to please. :-) ns
MSM and Global Warming
May 22, 2007 - 21:22 ET by pbthinkerThe MSM wouldn't want to show anything, that could possibly be construed as showing up their Democratic friends. Since this issue is not in the realm of politics, and we know where the MSM is politically, this will sit around until after the 2008 election. DOes that sound pretty cynical? It should.
Never argue with an idiot. They'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
In the metro-DC area, we have
May 23, 2007 - 00:20 ET by GalvanicIn the metro-DC area, we have 3 PBS stations: WETA (Virginia), WHUT (Howard University, Washington), and MPT (Maryland Public Television). WETA and MPT are very fond of British television programs, particularly on weekends, where the schedules are loaded with British sitcoms, Dr. Who, Monty Python, and dramas like Eastenders, Masterpiece Theater, Mystery, and various who-dunnits. They even bring us the BBC, and on Sunday evenings, British parliamentary proceedings.
Yet, with all the Anglophilic programming on these PBS stations, I have a feeling that they'll decline to broadcast this British rebuttal to Gore's film, and that's where the real tragedy lies. Where else but on a publicly-funded television system, which promises to air the programming that networks don't, should expect to see conflicting viewpoints aired for the public to view and discern? By merely canceling one episode of one cooking series, this film could be aired.
But, I'm not holding my breath.