An afternoon public school assembly with a climate change denier

[minkyboodle]

First,
I will not mention the name of the public school this involves but honestly a bit of detective work
and a viewing of the 6 o clock news and you can put it together. I work as an elementary level public
school substitute. Today, I was at a lovely elementary in 5th grade. We are doing weather and egads
the local weatherman for WUSA9 (CBS) Topper Shutt came to talk to us for about an hour.
The first 20 minutes he explain how weather works and was fine. Next someone asked him about global
warming. Instead of the appropriate ("divisive even though its not=keep crazy parents subdued&quot response
the man went into a tirade, after asking everyone to turn their cellphones off. He cited Lomborg (Yes that
discredited statistician as an expert). He talked about how he was more concerned that North Korea had nukes
pointed at us. He gave a bullshit cyclical argument, cited global cooling as something that was all the rage in the past. He
basically lied and indoctrinated about 150 2nd and 5th graders. His producer said no more questions about global
warming but by then the hour assembly was done. Teachers mouths hit the floor so I know he saw that. It was
if you stepped back 5 years and then pretended to be a climate change denier. It was at the end of the day so
I only got a chance to talk to a couple of students in the hall. I told them that Topper Shutt was NOT a climate
scientists and if they wanted informed opinions they needed to seek out truth in a variety of journals etc. One kid
scaridly asked me if NK was gonna nuke us. I had to give him a hug to get him to stop sobbing. I knew mimbo weather
men had issues but damn this was eye opening. I'm pretty confident letters from home will be coming and the principal
assured me and the whole 5th grade teachers Mr Shutt would not be back. Again, not naming school names but the 6 oclock
news could have some revealing footage. How sad is it that I rushed to post on D.U. LOL
Scott

[MODS: Since this contains other issues of that just climate science I posted here feel free to move if inappropriate.]

[NYC_SKP]

1. Thanks for posting, nt

[mitchtv]

2. which state at least?

what's suprising in NY may not be in TN (Hint: WUSA=east of the mississippi)

[brooklynite]

3. WUSA = Washington DC

"Topper Shutt is Chief Meteorologist for 9 NEWS NOW and appears weekdays on the station's 5pm, 6pm, 7pm & 11pm newscasts, as well as throughout the day and night during all major weather events affecting our region. He also provides weather forecasts for WHUR 96.3 FM, and has since 1988. In early 2008, readers of washingtonpost.com's "Capital Weather Gang" voted Topper their favorite local weathercaster in a recent poll."

http://www.wusa9.com/life/company/article/137330/153/Topper-Shutt--Chief-Meteorologist

[mitchtv]

6. thanks

I understand those ideas are rampant among the weather reader set.

[11 Bravo]

4. Damn! I've played golf with that little fucker! Not in the same foursome, but at a charity ...

tournament. He's about 5 foot nothing and seemed like a pretty nice guy. I always watch Jim Vance on Channel 4 (NBC), but I may have to sneak a peek at WUSA tonight just to see what they put on the air and what Topper has to say about it.

[minkyboodle]

5. Tune In

Tune in at 5 also an intrepid individual could use this new fangled internet
to figure it out!

[Neurotica]

11. This intrepid Internet researcher is desperately searching and not finding...

As a local resident, any other hints would be appreciated!

(Missed earlier newscasts while picking kids up from sports practices)

[minkyboodle]

13. Clue

If you google Topper Shutt and a popular instant messaging system popular with celebs
you might get a killer clue!
Scott

[Neurotica]

14. Tx. Obviously not as intrepid as I imagine myself to be! n/t

[minkyboodle]

15. Hint

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Scott

[progressoid]

7. Glad you did post it! Spread this far and wide.

Morans like this need to be shamed out of the public eye.

[WinkyDink]

8. Okay, what?! This man told 7-YR-OLDS that "North Korea had nukes pointed at us"??! Terrorist!

I'm NOT JOKING. This would be TERRIFYING to such little kids!

[minkyboodle]

9. yep

exact phrase he used pretty un-fucking-believable huh?

[Neurotica]

10. Wow. One of the most interesting aspects is that he asked everyone to turn their cell phones off!!!

Obviously, he knew what he said would be controversial and didn't want anyone to capture it for the record.

Did someone happen to record it anyway?

I live in NoVa. Curious where this was and will be googling shortly. Luckily, my kids are in high school now and their BS detectors are quite refined. But, I've had to get involved in similar situations (with controversial speakers) before so I'm always paying attention to these types of things. People do need to speak out. Luckily, your administrators seem to be on top of the issue.

[minkyboodle]

12. Worth Note

It wouldn't fly in a high school, the kids would have been all over him. These were 2nd and 5th graders.
Scott
PS google is your friend I think this thread is on the first page!

[ChoppinBroccoli]

16. Handy Tip: Whenever Someone Tells You To Turn Off Recording Equipment..........

..............turn yours ON, because you're about to get something GOOOOOOOD.