{"id":2894,"date":"2010-02-18T19:13:47","date_gmt":"2010-02-18T19:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/?p=2894"},"modified":"2010-02-19T02:00:45","modified_gmt":"2010-02-19T02:00:45","slug":"climategate-a-defense-for-the-lack-of-msm-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/?p=2894","title":{"rendered":"Climategate &#8211;  A Defense For The Lack Of MSM Coverage."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Climategate%20-%20%20A%20Defense%20For%20The%20Lack%20Of%20MSM%20Coverage.\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>OK, here it is. Someone let me know if this makes any sense:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.foreignpolicy.com\/posts\/2010\/02\/17\/is_the_times_ignoring_climategate_part_ii\">Is the NYT ignoring &#8220;Climategate&#8221;? Part II<\/a><br \/>\nPosted By Blake Hounshell Tuesday, February 16, 2010 &#8211; 7:58 PM Share<\/p>\n<p>Walter Russell Mead <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.the-american-interest.com\/wrm\/\">responds<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.foreignpolicy.com\/posts\/2010\/02\/15\/is_the_new_york_times_ignoring_climategate\">yesterday&#8217;s post<\/a> about the IPCC&#8217;s recent woes. And it seems we&#8217;re more on the same page than I thought. Mead&#8217;s bottom line:<\/p>\n<p>    <em>Let me say this again one last time:  the story here is that the movement to stop climate change is being swift-boated right before our eyes.  And just as Senator Kerry and the journalistic establishment failed to see the importance of the swift boat attacks and develop a counter strategy early, so the Times along with the climate change establishment is, yet again, missing the boat on a major piece of news. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bingo! And he&#8217;s right that the Times is missing <em>that<\/em> story.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So, the story isn&#8217;t the fraudulent use of exaggerated or made-up data, a-la the &#8220;fake-but-accurate&#8221; Rathergate debacle, or the use of non-peer reviewed reports, a violation of IPCC rules, included in the AR4 for the sole intent to scare governments into crippling their economies in the name of climate change.<\/p>\n<p>And you wonder why the MSM is in so much trouble.<\/p>\n<p>But it gets better:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>One other note: U.S. climate envoy Todd Stern was asked today about the IPCC&#8217;s screwups over Himalayan glaciers. Here&#8217;s how he handled it:<\/p>\n<p> <em>QUESTION: Now my question about \u2013 India has distinctly announced that they will set up their own IPCC because they believe that the UN\u2019s IPCC is not that realistic, that they are a bit confusing and it\u2019s \u2013 they\u2019re not reliable. What\u2019s your opinion on that?<\/p>\n<p>MR. STERN: Well, look. I think it\u2019s a good thing for countries to have an active scientific effort. I don\u2019t know what the details are. I don\u2019t know what Minister Ramesh or others in India have in mind. But I think, obviously, the United States has all sorts of scientific work that we do through our various agencies of the U.S. Government. So I think that\u2019s all a good thing.<\/p>\n<p>I think the IPCC as an institution has made a very large contribution and I think it\u2019s an important body that will continue and that is very representative of countries all over the world. So I don\u2019t know what \u2013 I\u2019m not familiar with the specifics of what India &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>QUESTION: He was talking about \u2013 Minister Ramesh was talking about recent controversies about Himalayan glaciers.<\/p>\n<p>MR. STERN: <strong>About what?<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The What&#8221;??????   <\/p>\n<p>That is the terrific way to handle this issue?  <\/p>\n<p>This is the guy who is on the government payroll. Ignorance is bliss I guess&#8230; But it doesn&#8217;t bode well if you&#8217;re the guy we are paying with our tax dollars to stay informed on all things climate. Then again, he&#8217;s just a lowly envoy, and not a Czar, so maybe I expect too much.<\/p>\n<p>This sooooo  feels like a &#8220;Nelson Moment&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"450\" height=\"370\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.liveleak.com\/e\/527_1205782611\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.liveleak.com\/e\/527_1205782611\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"450\" height=\"370\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Climategate%20-%20%20A%20Defense%20For%20The%20Lack%20Of%20MSM%20Coverage.\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>OK, here it is. Someone let me know if this makes any sense: Is the NYT ignoring &#8220;Climategate&#8221;? Part II Posted By Blake Hounshell Tuesday, February 16, 2010 &#8211; 7:58 PM Share Walter Russell Mead responds to yesterday&#8217;s post about the IPCC&#8217;s recent woes. And it seems we&#8217;re more on the same page than I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[40,12,27],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2894"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2894"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2902,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2894\/revisions\/2902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}