The Washington Post asked the other day “what’s going on” that people are confused about climate and energy issues. Well, today’s The Washington Post provided yet another example, in a distressingly long list of examples, as to why that confusion.
Entitled The Green Jobs Myth, former GE Smart Grid engineer Sunil Sharan argues that (as [...]
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WashPost, yet again: some true items spun into truthiness
February 26th, 2010 · No Comments
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Washington Post editorial board … confusion is bad (even if we’re at fault)
February 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment
The Washington Post editorial board came out with a strong statement about climate change that, even with its few errors, would be an important statement if it weren’t such a monumental travesty in the face of actual Washington Post editorial policy and practices.
Entitled Climate Insurance, the editorial begins.
THE EARTH is warming. A chief cause is [...]
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POSTal Schizophrenia re Climate Science strikes again
February 14th, 2010 · No Comments
The Washington Post has an incredibly uneven nature when it comes to the science related to Climate Change. The editorial page will publish an absolutely dishonest piece, be challenged to such an extent that they will publish multiple letters (including from misquoted scientists/scientific institutions) calling out the fraudulent material, and then give George “Will-ful Deceit” [...]
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Somewhere Between Falsehoods and Science, Fred Hiatt finds truth?
December 10th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Within journalism, there is a real challenge. Are there, truly, two sides to every issue? Should all voices be treated equally? Do journalists have a responsibility to assess statements for truthfulness or is the job simply to be a transcriber and “reporter” of whatever is told to them? How can one be [...]
Tags: Global Warming · Washington Post · global warming deniers · journalism
Fred Hiatt jumps the shark in dragging Washington Post into the sewers: Publishes Sarah Palin OPED contradicted by links within the OPED
December 8th, 2009 · 11 Comments
As someone weaned on the Watergate-era Washington Post, The Washington Post opinion section has been abysmal in its ‘faux and balanced’ nature in recent years. And, it is sinking to a new low in its fostering of a ClimateGate era.
Post Editorial Page Editor Fred Hiatt’s utter disdain for truthful discourse has been evidenced not just [...]
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Breaking News: Global Warming Not Occurring — 2009 Likely to Only be 5th Warmest Year on Record
December 8th, 2009 · Comments Off
This guest post from Colt45 is an excellent addition to the discussion of George Will’s serial deceits. (Re The George Will Affair see annotated discussions of dissections of George will-ful deceit Will with my struggling to keep up or Greenfyre’s George Will goes platinum.)
A new report by the UN confirms what many other studies have [...]
Tags: Energy · Global Warming · Washington Post · global warming deniers · truthiness
Enemies of Green: Faux & Balanced in the Washington Post
December 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment
The Washington Post has a sad record of Faux and Balanced when it comes to Global Warming. Sunday’s opinion pieces provided yet another textbook example. Today’s paper has two authors, both enemies of ‘green’ … from utterly different angles.
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Is a graphic worth 1000 words? WashPost temperature chart & ClimateGATE
December 5th, 2009 · 3 Comments
The old adage: A picture is worth 1,000 words. Does this apply to graphics as well?
Today’s Washington Post has a front-page article on ClimateGATE (more appropriately, perhaps SwiftHack) In e-mails, science of warming is hot debate. Showing the heat of the debate, the article already has 255 comments as of 7:55 on a Saturday morning. [...]
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Faux for Balance: Post’s Opinion Section Strikes Out on Climate Change, again …
December 1st, 2009 · 3 Comments
The Washington Post’s editorial board consistently shows its understanding and concerns about Global Warming with editorials that clearly state an understanding of the key facts of Global Warming: Climate Change is real; Human activity is driving the rapidity and severity of change; that unchecked climate change could have catastrophic implications; and, that we (Americans and [...]
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Blogging about WashPost OPED Editing: Inane or Insane?
August 1st, 2009 · 3 Comments
In Sunday’s Washington Post, yet another inane, deceptive, truthiness laden OPED appears on energy issues. Not satisfied with publishing George Will’s Will-ful Deceit, Krauthammer’s fact-free forays into energy analysis, Samuelson’s truthiness, and Sarah Palin’s paltry shallowness, and others, Kathleen Parker has stepped up to the plate for an attack on the American Clean Energy and [...]
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