It's Hot! But Fox Only Talks About Global Warming When It's Snowing

[babylonsister]

It's Hot! But Fox Only Talks About Global Warming When It's Snowing

July 20, 2011 10:43 am ET by Shauna Theel


With an unusually intense heat wave sweeping the nation, Fox News has been silent on global warming, which scientists say makes heat waves like this one more likely. By contrast, Fox News repeatedly used winter storms to mock global warming -- one of several problems with Fox's coverage of climate change highlighted in a new mini-documentary by Media Matters Studios:

Most flagrantly, Fox Nation and Fox News personalities Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Gretchen Carlson, Steve Doocy, Stuart Varney, and Eric Bolling all seized upon the February 2010 blizzard to mock Al Gore and suggest that the storm undermines the science supporting global warming. That same winter, Fox News Washington managing editor Bill Sammon ordered the network's journalists to cast doubt on climate change data.

In reality, that winter included "the eighth warmest December" since records began in 1880, the "fourth warmest" January, and the "six warmest" February according to global temperature data from NOAA. 2010 tied for the warmest year on record, and 2000-2009 was by far the warmest decade on record.

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http://mediamatters.org/blog/201107200009

[elocs]

Whenever it's colder than normal I hear "well so much for global warming" by the deniers,

the ones who don't know the difference between weather and climate.

I remember when it was warmer than normal at the end of winter 2010 and we didn't get any snow where I live here in La Crosse, WI I never heard any of the deniers then say, "thanks for global warming".

[elocs]

1. Whenever it's colder than normal I hear "well so much for global warming" by the deniers,

the ones who don't know the difference between weather and climate.

I remember when it was warmer than normal at the end of winter 2010 and we didn't get any snow where I live here in La Crosse, WI I never heard any of the deniers then say, "thanks for global warming".

[butterfly77]

2. K&R..

[Ed Suspicious]

3. Anyone who hangs their hat on either side of the climate change arguement

based on short term weather events rather than long term climate statistics is begging to be smacked down whenever the wind switches direction.

[glinda]

4. Our NOAA tv station has conservative talk radio on it while showing maps and

yesterday they were making fun of people who cared about the tree losses on the planet.

[Kingofalldems]

5. Isn't Steve Doocy their resident expert on climate matters?