12-07-2006, 11:46 AM
Global warming 'over-hyped'?
Besides the normal posturing that we get in these sorts of situations, I think that he makes some good points about the media being one-sided and not objective.
Quote:Sen. James M. Inhofe, in one of his final actions as chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, yesterday held a hearing to investigate whether press accounts have "over-hyped" predictions of global warming.
"The media often fails to distinguish between predictions and what is actually being observed on the Earth today," the Oklahoma Republican said. "Rather than focus on the hard science of global warming, the media has instead become advocates for hyping scientifically unfounded climate alarmism."
Besides the normal posturing that we get in these sorts of situations, I think that he makes some good points about the media being one-sided and not objective.
Quote:He accused reporters, including former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw, of failing to interview climate-change skeptics, and of omitting scientific data that contradicts global-warming theories. He also said reporters are motivated by money, quoting a French geophysicist who says alarmism "has become a very lucrative business."