The Will Affair continues to build in new twists and turns. [A quick reminder: On February 15, George Will published a deceitful column on Global Warming. Unlike past events, this set off a chain of blogosphere critiques that led to journalism critiques of Will, responses from both the Post’s ombudsman and the editorial editor, Fred […]
Entries from April 2009
WashPost corrects WashPost re Will-Ful Deceit… Will they need another correction as well?
April 8th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Truthiness Unveiled: “Every “Green Job” Created Resulted In 2.2 Jobs Destroyed”
April 7th, 2009 · 7 Comments
The Western Business Roundtable continues its contribution to deceiving Americans about the opportunities before us in a move to a clean energy future. An analysis of the latest piece of deceptive truthiness from Eternal Hope. Earlier GESN posts re WBR: Ah, the smell of western astroturf Media “Fair and Balanced” extraordinaire UPDATE: The material below […]
Tags: Energy
Even Republicans are speaking out …
April 4th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Even Republicans are getting disgusted with Republican deceit. The “Republicans for Environmental Protection” issued a press release calling on Republicans to abide by more honest economic analysis and state that Republican tactics are “a disservice to Americans”. Such tactics, which are designed to score political points and gain headlines, are a disservice to American citizens, […]
Tags: climate change · Global Warming · political symbols · politics · republican party · truthiness
“This canard ought to be rejected …”
April 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment
Moving out smartly on dealing with climate change has huge benefits from creating jobs, to improving health situations, to improving national security, to so many other things that it almost doesn’t even take the implications of catastrophic climate change to drive thoughtful people to the conclusion that energy efficiency and renewable energy are the path […]
Tags: politics · republican party · truthiness
Will it ever end? … Hopefully not …
April 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment
One of the heartening elements of the past few months, with some (sometimes notable exceptions): the stream of competent to highly competent, morally strong to highly morally strong people who have been nominated for and moved into Obama Administration positions. A quick note on one of these: Gina McCarthy, Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of […]
Tags: Energy
Will Writes, Will Whines
April 2nd, 2009 · 7 Comments
Whenever George Will sets his pen to paper with words “climate change” or “global warming” anywhere on the page, the BS detector alarms should be going off. In today’s Climate Change’s Dim Bulbs, Will launches deceptive broadsides at compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFL), using “facts” to pander truthiness and confuse the public discussion on energy […]
Tags: global warming deniers · journalism · lighting · skeptic · truthiness
Core Principles in Face of Warming World
April 1st, 2009 · Comments Off on Core Principles in Face of Warming World
Energy and Global Warming are complex, multifaceted, deep subjects. They are beyond the ability of any single person to totally master. And, a great challenge to those focused on them is seeking how to communicate, in a meaningful way, to those who don’t have the ability to dedicate huge chunks of time to learning about […]
Tags: cap and trade · climate change · climate legislation · ed markey · Energy · environmental · environmental justice · Global Warming · government energy policy