NBC: On a Mission from Gore
February 3rd, 2007 12:58 PM
"We're on a mission from God." -- Dan Aykroyd as Elwood, "The Blues Brothers"NBC is on a mission -- from Gore.NBC announced its allegiance to Al Gore's stop-global-warming mission on this morning's "Today." With Tom Costello narrating, Today first ran a glowing piece on Timberland shoe company, famous for its boots, which has announced that, you guessed it, it's on a "mission" to become "carbon…
The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: January 27 to February
February 2nd, 2007 9:45 AM
When it comes to the subject of global warming, members of the media have lost all restraint. CNN’s Larry King nervously wondered if climate change might "really kill us all?" Could it "submerge cities like New York and Washington and San Francisco under floods from melting Arctic ice caps?" Not to be outdone, "Good Morning America’s" weatherman warned of the dire threat of global warming. The…
While Congress and the Media Slept
January 31st, 2007 11:14 PM
The House Democrats got big media publicity for a huff-and-puff committee session on global warming this week, yet no one seems to have noticed that on the hot-button issue of Iraq, the congress which has been clamoring for "oversight" opportunities wasn't as interested Wednesday morning:Though
all 435 members of the House were invited to participate in a
classified briefing Wednesday morning…
GMA’s Alarmist Nightmare: ‘Will Billions Die From Global Warming
January 31st, 2007 12:37 PM
"Good Morning America" weatherman Sam Champion has accomplished the impressive feat of turning the morning show’s meteorology segment into an opinion piece. On Tuesday, he approvingly reported on a new study that blames humans for the effects of global warming. During a follow-up piece on Wednesday’s edition, ABC included one of the most alarming graphics to grace American television screens:…
Lauer: Global Warming 'Literally Could Be End of World as We Know It
January 31st, 2007 8:01 AM
The world could be coming to an end, but not to worry: "the Democrats are now in charge of Congress." That, in a nutshell, was NBC's message on global warming on this morning's "Today."Here's how Matt Lauer, apparently in the throes of a global-warming panic attack, kicked off the segment: "Now to a controversy in Washington over what literally could be the end of the world as we know it."View…
Nets Jump to Hype Democratic Hearings on 'Silencing' of Global Warming
January 30th, 2007 10:40 PM
The broadcast network evening newscasts on Tuesday, especially NBC and ABC, jumped to hype a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing meant to publicize a report from two far-left groups about how the Bush administration supposedly suppressed science about the dire threat of global warming -- as if that view isn't already getting plenty of play in the mainstream media. “The…
Weatherman Bias: GMA Meteorologist Touts Dire Threat of Global Warming
January 30th, 2007 3:22 PM
Proving that even the weatherman can be biased, "Good Morning America’s" Sam Champion used Tuesday’s edition of the ABC program to tout an apocalyptic study on global warming. In a report that featured no skepticism about the cause or genuine threat of climate change, Champion utilized dire language to discuss an impending report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. It should be…
CNN's Idea of a Money Show: More Global Warming Hype, Less Global Bus
January 29th, 2007 6:49 PM
[UPDATE, 11:07 EST, 1/30/2007: Audio (MP3) and Video (Real Player) (Windows Media) clips now available.]If you wake up on Saturday mornings and flip on the telly hoping to catch solid Wall Street analysis or perhaps a roundup of foreign and domestic business headlines that affect your investment portfolio, don't waste your time with CNN's "In the Money." Rather than looking to help average joes…
