The New York Times published a strong editorial, Energy Fictions, that borders on fantasy itself. Reading (and rereading it) makes one wonder whether the NYTimes editorial board simply need new glasses as they seem not to understand some basic facts. John McCain is White; Barack Obama is not. McCain is old; Obama is not. McCain […]
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Note to NYT: McCain is White, Obama is not
August 11th, 2008 · Comments Off on Note to NYT: McCain is White, Obama is not
Tags: 2008 presidential campaign · 2008 Presidential Election · barack obama · Energy · government energy policy · john mccain · journalism · media · political symbols · politics · republican party · truthiness
Fair and Balanced strikes WashPost Global Warming reporting … again
June 26th, 2008 · Comments Off on Fair and Balanced strikes WashPost Global Warming reporting … again
Earlier this week, two Washington Post articles demonstrated, yet again, the Post’s editors’ dedication to modeling Post reporting after Faux News when it comes to Global Warming: “Fair and Balanced” over objective and truthful. In what were otherwise quite interesting and even valuable articles to read, the Post inserted material from Global Warming deniers and […]
Tags: climate change · climate delayers · Global Warming · global warming deniers · James Inhofe · jim hansen · journalism · media · Uncategorized · Washington Post
Experts say Globe at risk, story page A3 …
November 18th, 2007 · Comments Off on Experts say Globe at risk, story page A3 …
Well, yesterday the International Panel on Climate Change released a quite serious report (pdf), stating that global warming is unequivocally occurring, that humanity is a leading factor, and that major action is required (ASAP) or the damage will go from serious to, well, potentially catastrophic. So, where is this covered? For the Washington Post, page A3 Saturday. […]
Tags: Energy · Global Warming · journalism · media · politics
Gore: Media, take note, the world is NOT flat!
November 6th, 2007 · Comments Off on Gore: Media, take note, the world is NOT flat!
“There are still people who believe the world is flat … you don’t go and search out people who believe the world is flat and give them equal time.” Al Gore was on NBC yesterday and ripped the media for providing a platform for “outliers”, people who merit being taken as seriously as card-carrying members […]
Tags: 746 · Al Gore · an inconvenient truth · journalism · media