Note to the Media — The Science of Climate Change is NOT a Horserace

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And I guess that I should cop to the fact that this note is to Allan Loudell who I heard do an appalling report on the tempest in a teapot that are these emails that wingnuts are insisting are some kind of catastrophe. In this interview, Allan was speaking to a reported from the Christian Science Monitor and their entire conversation was largely organized to talk about climate change as though it is a horserace. Particularly appalling was a question I heard Allan ask ( paraphrasing) noting that there are scientists who are the gatekeepers of the journals and they don't let the deniers publish -- is there anyone who can be trusted to talk about this issue or to definitively answer the questions?

CNN Leaves It There

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I am always in awe of how astute Jon Stewart and his writers are. This is an astonishingly good takedown of the entire cable culture -- the focus on providing programming and information, bu not necessarily on providing any context (fact-checking, esp) for that information. Indulging themselves in the He Say/She Say without giving you any way of being able to evaluate that info.

Now This is How It’s Done

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has an interview with CNN where she is asked about the idiot John Bolton -- and she just laughs: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0Uk8mUW7_8[/youtube] When they bring up their…

This is a Smackdown

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCQ9xb4CBeI[/youtube] I do like Robert Gibbs.  And does anyone else find it odd that Rick Santelli is declaring that that room full of Wall St. traders is America?