The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: October 13 to 19 (Al Gore Edition
October 20th, 2007 10:21 AM
Al Gore: He Speaks for Us AllIt would be quite the understatement to say that members of the media approved of Al Gore's Nobel Prize win. Sam Donaldson lauded Gore for doing something "very important." Cokie Roberts justified the former vice president's inaccuracies by claiming that even if it was propaganda, Gore made an important issue popular. Over on CNN, reporter Miles O'Brien, once again,…
Environmental Hysteria Special on CNN Next Week: ‘Planet in Peril
October 19th, 2007 1:20 PM
It seems these days you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a major media special presaging imminent planetary doom at the hands of that awful species homo sapiens. Next on the docket leading you to commit seppuku is CNN's four-hour special appropriately named "Planet in Peril." Makes you want to hide in your cellar with a few Friedrich Nietzsche books and a pint of hemlock, doesn't it?…
Mark Levin Radio Show Touts NewsBusters Story on Joe Scarborough
October 18th, 2007 10:37 AM
On Wednesday, nationally syndicated radio show host Mark Levin picked up and expanded on the story of MSNBC host Joe Scarborough lauding Al Gore, first reported in NewsBusters. Levin described "Morning Schmo," what he calls "Morning Joe," as "a program I rarely watch" and railed against Scarborough's declaration that "Al Gore wins" on global warming. The host also cited "our friends at the Media…
Al Gore Got a D in Natural Sciences at Harvard
October 17th, 2007 4:51 PM
Want to know why Nobel Laureate Al Gore likely doesn't want to debate any of the myriad of scientists and politicians that have challenged him to such a tête-à-tête regarding his manmade global warming theories? Could it possibly be because Gore was a terrible science student, and clearly never excelled at anything relating to what folks in Norway and in the media consider him to be so expert at…
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough: 'Al Gore Wins'; 'We Agree With Him
October 17th, 2007 3:38 PM
On Wednesday's edition of MSNBC's "Morning Joe," host Joe Scarborough declared, "Al Gore wins." Referencing a story in the New York Times on how global warming is dividing the 2008 GOP field, the former Republican congressman predicted that by the next election, all candidates would adopt Gore's agenda. He conceded, "Yeah. We called him an idiot in 1992, we Republicans, and about 16 years later,…
Get Ready for NBC’s Weeklong Global Warming Propaganda Blitzkrieg
October 17th, 2007 2:03 PM
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…
ABC Reporters Laud Gore; Applaud Use of Propaganda
October 16th, 2007 5:34 PM
ABC contributor Cokie Roberts apparently approves of propaganda, as long as she agrees with it. The veteran journalist appeared with George Will and Sam Donaldson on Sunday's "This Week." In response to a claim by token conservative Will that Al Gore grossly exaggerates the threat of global warming, Roberts positively assessed, "The truth is, there have always been propagandists who make…
Apocalypse Now: Globe's Global Warmist Makes Even Gore Look Cool
October 16th, 2007 7:33 AM
When it comes to global-warming alarmism, it takes a lot to make Al Gore look moderate. Even the IPCC, the UN group that shared the Nobel with him, predicts on average a sea-level rise only 1/12th as high as the 20 feet by 2100 that Gore has forecast.But when it comes to sky-is-burning scaremongering, the former Veep has met his match in the person of Paul Epstein. The scenario he sketches in…
NYT Still Sad Supreme Court Didn't Do 'The Right Thing' for Gore in
October 15th, 2007 3:10 PM
Saturday's lead editorial in the New York Times celebrated Al Gore's Nobel Peace Prize for his work on "global warming," "A Prize for Mr. Gore and Science." Before the praise, the Times stopped to spout misstatements on Gore's effort to overturn the 2000 election results."One can generate a lot of heartburn thinking about all of the things that would be better about this country and the world if…
Nobel Committee Bypassed Holocaust Savior for Al Gore
October 15th, 2007 12:58 PM
As media do a victory lap over Friday's Nobel Peace Prize announcement, it seems a metaphysical certitude that few Americans are aware of the other 180 nominees for the award besides the Global Warmingist-in-Chief Al Gore. For instance, meet Irena Sendler, a 97-year-old Polish woman who saved 2,500 Jewish children from certain death in the Warsaw ghetto during World War II. Hadn't heard of her…
CNN's O'Brien Defends Gore Movie, Global Warming Debate Over
October 15th, 2007 1:24 AM
CNN viewers on Friday saw a relatively rare acknowledgement of those who are skeptical of Al Gore's film "An Inconvenient Truth," including a British judge who recently ruled that there are nine inaccuracies in the movie. But CNN's Miles O'Brien dismissed the views of dissenters, and downplayed the importance of the errors cited by the judge. As he made several appearances on various CNN shows on…
