sunsettommy
11-22-2005, 06:25 PM
Here are some refutations for that sad show:
FOX News Misled Viewers on Climate Science, Says CSPP
Excerpt,
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The Center for Science and Public
Policy (CSPP), a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, says that before airing an
hour-long special, titled "The Heat Is On: The Case of Global Warming," the
FOX News Channel informed its viewers they were about to be misinformed on the
science of global warming, and then proceeded to do just that.
Said Robert Ferguson, Executive Director for CSPP, "Presenter Rick Folbaum
and a cast of mostly non-scientists, celebrities and lawyers employed a
transparent form of deception: telling only one side of a story or situation
with intent to mislead. Worse, the side they did present wasn't even
scientifically credible itself."
In short, FOX perpetuated a recent pattern of those claiming the backing
of science in advancing alarming claims which have little to no basis in fact.
Just how unscientific was FOX? CSPP researchers offered a few
representative examples.
Claim: Warming is responsible for the increased incidents of Lyme
disease.
Science: Fabrication. Leading specialists have found the opposite to be
true: "Mean temperatures show weak and inconsistent correlations with
incidence." Incidents are instead related to New England farmlands returning
to forests near homes, creating "edge habitat" and an explosion in deer
populations which carry the black-leg tick. Lyme disease is not a problem in
the warmer Southern states.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/11-21-2005/0004220574&EDATE=
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More in the link about how the producers of the show DELIBERATELY lied and distorted the issue of Global Warming.
It was easy to find the facts on a number of claims that was made on the show.They just simply do not care and instead promoted JUNK SCIENCE!
FOX News Misled Viewers on Climate Science, Says CSPP
Excerpt,
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The Center for Science and Public
Policy (CSPP), a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, says that before airing an
hour-long special, titled "The Heat Is On: The Case of Global Warming," the
FOX News Channel informed its viewers they were about to be misinformed on the
science of global warming, and then proceeded to do just that.
Said Robert Ferguson, Executive Director for CSPP, "Presenter Rick Folbaum
and a cast of mostly non-scientists, celebrities and lawyers employed a
transparent form of deception: telling only one side of a story or situation
with intent to mislead. Worse, the side they did present wasn't even
scientifically credible itself."
In short, FOX perpetuated a recent pattern of those claiming the backing
of science in advancing alarming claims which have little to no basis in fact.
Just how unscientific was FOX? CSPP researchers offered a few
representative examples.
Claim: Warming is responsible for the increased incidents of Lyme
disease.
Science: Fabrication. Leading specialists have found the opposite to be
true: "Mean temperatures show weak and inconsistent correlations with
incidence." Incidents are instead related to New England farmlands returning
to forests near homes, creating "edge habitat" and an explosion in deer
populations which carry the black-leg tick. Lyme disease is not a problem in
the warmer Southern states.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/11-21-2005/0004220574&EDATE=
__________________________________________________ _____________
More in the link about how the producers of the show DELIBERATELY lied and distorted the issue of Global Warming.
It was easy to find the facts on a number of claims that was made on the show.They just simply do not care and instead promoted JUNK SCIENCE!