Associated Press, Media Bias and Global Warming

John, over at Powerlineblog, takes a AP journalist (and the MSM in general) to task over the “blatant and grotesque” bias that often accompanies any reporting of global warming.

The AP is resorting here to the media’s constant trick of misrepresenting the position of those who oppose the global warming theorists. The issue is not whether the earth has recently warmed; it has, by around 7/10 of a degree in the last century. The questions are, 1) to what extent, if any, is that warming (or the cooling that also occurs periodically) caused by human activity, 2) how much warming (or cooling) is there likely to be in the future, 3) what will the net effects, good and bad, of such warming or cooling be, and 4) are the benefits, if any, of reducing CO2 emissions by a given amount worth the costs?

The Associated Press, like nearly all mainstream media outlets, runs interference for the global warming hysterics by misrepresenting the nature of the debate, misrepresenting the positions of those who oppose the hysteria, and subtly (or perhaps not so subtly) suggesting that all who question the anthropogenic global warming theorists can safely be dismissed as cranks.

Meanwhile Tim Blaire thankfully puts everyone’s mind at ease over the potentially terrible fate of the drowning polar bear. It turns out that polar bears can swim – who knew ;)

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