Supreme Global Warming Derangement: Having Large Families ‘Is an Eco
Global warming derangement syndrome has taken a disturbing turn for the worse, as The Sunday Times published an article May 6 stating that parents should only have two children in order to avert climate change. I kid you not.The piece, despicably titled “Having Large Families ‘is an Eco-crime,'” unbelievably began:HAVING large families should be frowned upon as an environmental misdemeanour in…
Are Media Hyping Bee Crisis to Divert Attention From Cold-related Crop
By now I’m sure you’ve all heard about the bee crisis in America. Currently termed “colony collapse disorder,” it is the massive die-off of a bee hive or colony for oftentimes inexplicable reasons.Of late, this malady has resulted in a 25 percent reduction in colony totals here in the U.S., setting off alarmist media reports like the following from the Associated Press (emphasis added throughout…
The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: April 28 to May
You’ll Miss Me When I’m GoneNow that Rosie O’Donnell has announced she’s leaving "The View," her left-wing rhetoric seems to have gotten even more extreme. This week, the liberal comedienne smeared U.S. troops by saying they only join the military because they’re mostly uneducated and poor. (This isn’t true, but why bring facts into the debate?)Meredith Vieira in: The I WordWhile discussing the…
More Kyoto Fallacies Exposed in Glenn Beck’s ‘Climate of Fear
As NewsBusters reported Thursday, a goodly number of fallacies about the Kyoto Protocol were identified in Glenn Beck’s “Exposed: The Climate of Fear” special presented on CNN Headline News Wednesday. Not the least of these was that soon-to-be-Dr. Al Gore himself stated when he was Vice President that this treaty would not be submitted to Congress for ratification “until there`s meaningful…
Gore Gets a Little Too Religious for Liberal Enviro
Al Gore's prophecy tour of doom hit a snag the other day. Apparently, he caused a stir among some atheist environmentalists for stating that he believes in creation science. Amazingly, no one in the media has picked it up. The irony is especially delicious since many on the left are making fun of some of the GOP presidential candidates for having the same belief.One liberal Canadian blogger who…
Glenn Beck’s ‘Climate of Fear’ Attacks Global Warming Alarmists
If you missed it last night, Glenn Beck’s skeptical program about anthropogenic global warming, “Exposed: The Climate of Fear,” aired on CNN Headline News.
In it, Beck skewered many of the misnomers advanced by global warming alarmists, especially soon-to-be-Dr. Al Gore (full transcript available here).
Video (3:05): Real (2.28 MB) or Windows (1.90 MB), plus MP3 (2.83 MB).
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Who's Your Daddy
Or call it the liberal wince of the day. From Laurie David, wife of someone and producer of the Academy Award-winning mockumentary An Inconvenient Spoof Truth.2 What was it like to work with Al Gore?
By the time I was done working with him, I was begging him to adopt me. He's like a father figure to me,
one of my heroes. He's so charming and lovely and smart and funny. He
makes fun of…
Warner Bros Picked Up DiCaprio Global Warming Film '11th Hour
The May 1 Variety reported that Warner Independent Pictures has snapped up the domestic distribution rights to Leonardo DiCaprio’s "documentary" "11th Hour," with Warner Brothers Pictures International scooping the overseas rights. The supposed documentary is produced and narrated by the former teen idol turned environmental activist, and based on what he said at a Natural Resources Defense Gala…
Is U.N. Using Media to Spin CO2 Emissions of Developing Nations
A truly extraordinary media event occurred Wednesday. One news outlet reported: “Developing nations that are fast industrializing, such as China and India, have braked their rising greenhouse gas emissions by more than the total cuts demanded of rich nations by the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol.”Practically at the same time, another reported: “Yet [China’s] coal habit means it will soon overtake the…
NY Times Surprisingly Asks ‘Is the Carbon-Neutral Movement Just a Gi
The reader is formally cautioned to prepare his or herself for an alternate reality. You have been warned.I’m shocked, I tell you, shocked to find the New York Times asking the following question on a Sunday morning: But is the carbon-neutral movement just a gimmick?Is this possibly a sea change in media coverage on this issue, or just an olive branch cynically tossed to create the illusion of…
