Comments on: CBS News sinks to new low; publishes crackpot global warming story, attributes it to Associated Press, kills it with no retraction

By: Mike Pickett

Mike Pickett — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:14:28 +0000

CBS and news equate exactly to Goebbels and news. CBS and news equate exactly to Hegel and news. Long live Mass Media, because they motivate the Masses (I guess that is what it means). Even if they make their supposition disappear, the masses will remember it as fact.

That is why I don’t watch CBS, ABC, MSNBC, ad-nauseum, “news.” I’m not into limbic level motivational programming.

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By: Timothy Birdnow » More Threats and Lies from the Global Warming Alarmists

Timothy Birdnow » More Threats and Lies from the Global Warming Alarmists — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:20:27 +0000

[...] a similar vein, CBS News reported a completely bogus story claiming earthquakes are increasing because of Global Warming. Forced to retract the story, C-BS has blamed the embarassment on the AP, [...]

By: Conservative Compendium » We’re All Gonna Die! Pt. 6

Conservative Compendium » We’re All Gonna Die! Pt. 6 — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:10:01 +0000

[...] The link to the article is here. Yes, that is the real link, and yes, it leads to a 404 error page. That’s because CBS pulled the story. A screenshot of the story on CBS can be found here. [...]

By: Task Force 16

Task Force 16 — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:12:52 +0000

Hey guys, I just checkout the MSNBC site for the story again. I first viewed it a few hours ago, but by comparison, it appears that they have shrunk the text. It’s so small now it can hardly be read. It may be gone altogether soon.

By: Macsen Liviu

Macsen Liviu — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 07:54:18 +0000

He think the Earth will blown up soon ?
i think the God create us to learn much, to learn Earth effects, but there is a limitation.

God bless you, all!

By: Task Force 16

Task Force 16 — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 07:53:53 +0000

I may be mistaken, but I seem to remember reading somewhere that Marketwire is a propaganda machine for the AGW crowd. That they make sure that the MSM get the press releases for any warmer scientist.

You know, I would be inclined to believe a theory that some scientific study had concluded that data suggest that variances in solar magnetic forces caused changes in stress forces of the tetonic plates, thereby resulting in an increase/decrease in seismic activity and magnitude of that activity.

But……

Magnetism wasn’t even mentioned in this Chalko flake’s PDF paper.

Can any one think of anything that they haven’t blamed “Global Warming” on? I’ll bet they’ll even try to blame the next ice age on Global warming. LOL

Can you believe that I had someone post in a forum, saying that, “Global warming absolutely cannot bring an end of an ice age”?

By: bigcitylib

bigcitylib — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:45:54 +0000

To anyone still interested in this, the whole AP/CBS thing seems to have gone down as follows.

CBS always seems to reformat (AP) and other stories from other sources in a unique fashion. With (AP) they cut out the author and other info that heads the piece and just insert the (AP) symbol. Everyone else leaves all that material in. Furthermore, at the end of the article CBS inserts a slightly non-standard bit of boilerplate about the story coming from (AP)–they use roman numerals for example (MMVIII), where (AP) does not .

Now, Marketwire is a mostly Canadian service, and you can’t find too many (or any) articles from it on CBS. I suspect a release from them got incorrectly reformatted as (AP). Nothing dishonest, although the appallingly stupid aspect of running the article as news in the first place still remains.

In a sense, though, CBS has been about the best behaved media entity in this whole matter. MSNBC still links to the story, and so does the Globe and Mail.

REPLY: Sounds plausible, and fits the known facts, thanks. – Anthony

By: antioxexpress

antioxexpress — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:13:13 +0000

Let’s hear it for verifiable science!
I’m concerned about fear-mongering because the majority of folks believe something just because it’s in print and don’t use higher critical thinking skills. Hmmmm…

“Mac”
http://antioxexpress.wordpress.com/
http://www.greensfirst.com/5039

By: Corky Boyd

Corky Boyd — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:24:30 +0000

Today’s journalists and editors simply don’t have the knowledge that the previous generation had. This is espeially true in the sciences. This story should have triggered a big red flag just from the physics aspects alone. How does a 1 to 2 degree temperature change trigger a quantum jump in earthquake severity?

All journalists are lazy anyway. Most of their time is spent rewriting press releases . If the source seems OK, especially one that reinforces their worldview, then the facts are OK. This has been true for years. The media’s reputation carried them when they were wrong. Now readers who know better, can quickly challenge the story as happened here. I pity the current journalists. They know there are readers far brighter than they are. They know they can blow holes in their stories. One of the best ways to fight this, is the old fashioned Orwellian way that occurred here.

Make the story unhappen.

By: datenplatz

datenplatz — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:49:30 +0000

Disappointing. The state of science reporting in the media is simply atrocious. They’re all about fantasizing about things, looking for the big “doom and gloom” stories which will get them a few more views and a view more advertising dollars. Seems to be a problem with their news paradigm more than anything else.

By: Roger Carr

Roger Carr — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:14:09 +0000

Australia redeemed by this letter in The Australian.
Garth Paltridge
Emeritus Professor and Honorary Research Fellow,
Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies,
University of Tasmania (Australia)
Page 4. on Stay Warm, World…
http://staywarmworld.wordpress.com/

By: Rubin

Rubin — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:54:54 +0000

“ cBS ”

They’re bound and determined to have it STICK PERMANENTLY!

By: Brent

Brent — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:12:12 +0000

These idiots will say anything to get people to believe in the hoax that we call global warming (or on cooler than normal days, global climate change).

What does the warming of the planet’s atmosphere have to do with it’s crust? Furthermore, is there any scientific evidence to support the wild claim that the warming of the earth’s crust would cause tectonic plates to shift thus causing earthquakes?

Where did the people learn science, on the back of a cereal box?