Gosh, according to many, I’m a far worse person for speaking my mind on the subject. But here is what happened to one TV meteorologist when he put a few notes about “global warming” in his weather forecast. – Anthony
From tampabay.com “The FEED” blog:
Tampa weatherguy Paul Dellegatto named “Worser” person by Keith Olbermann
WTVT-Ch. 13 chief meteorologist Paul Dellegatto is such a mild-mannered guy, it’s hard to imagine him in a televised throw-down with one of cable TV’s most outspoken anchors.
But that’s what happened Wednesday night, when MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann named the Tampa weatherguy to second place in that evening’s “Worst Person in the World” listing, citing a recent statement by Dellegatto during a newscast saying there are some signs that runaway global warming isn’t happening.
In the Tampa Bay area to take in some spring training games, Olbermann dinged Dellegatto for “putting in global warming denial propaganda into the local freaking weather forecast of the local freaking Fox station.” He accused the weatherguy of downplaying “the whole global warming doomsayer theory,” noting sarcastically that global warming can make some areas on the Earth unseasonably cooler as well.
(UPDATE: After trading Facebook messages with Dellegatto earlier today, I had hoped to interview him about Olbermann’s criticisms. But Fox declined to make him available — instead, a spokesman released a two-line statement:
“Nobody cares about Keith Olbermann. He’s irrelevant.”
Judge that for yourself by checking the clip from Wednesday’s show below.
If you would like to send some words of support to WTVT, here is the link to contact them.
There’s no point in complaining to MSNBC about Olberman, this rant is mild compared to his regular fare. The management there has heard worse I’m sure. – Anthony
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Is Mr. Olbermann “big” in climate/warming research [papers]? I don’t read a lot of them, but have yet to see him cited as a source.
Watched one of Mr. Olbermann’s shows; that was enough for me,
…fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.
Seems to me that Mr. Dellegatto has the credibility edge here.
harebell (17:20:21) :
Most weathermen know their limits.
Apparently, they share these limits with other predictors of the weather future.
As they see people confidently predicting what will be 100 years from now, when it is really impossible to predict what will be a month from now, it bothers some. So they point out the obvious. The idealism of the AGW is simply being pointed out.
What in the world do you mean by “bufferism”?
I used to be a meteorologist … a real one, not a TV weathercaster … and the question that often gets me into trouble is how come we can say what the weather’s giong to be like in 50-100 years’ time, when we can’t say for certain what it’s going to do next week?
GE & MSNBC Ratings Drop – Olbermann and Maddow take 3rd
bufferism:
buffer – to lessen the adverse effect of; ease: The drug buffered his pain.
ism – a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice: This is the age of isms.
ROTFL! Nicely put!
I think we wallow too much in childhood name calling in this thread. Would anyone like to upgrade the thread to a discussion of what the weatherman said? What signs did he mention that global warming was not happening? Why would Keith say that global warming causes cooling? Where does that belief come from? Calling people we don’t agree with silly poopoo/peepee names just makes then look right, not wrong.
There is something called the “dry-ice effect”, which plays a key role in the Gore propaganda machine to convince the American People that AGW is real. Gore and his cronies (which include such characters are Buffet and Soros – all well-known atheist socialists who use capitalism as a front) are not telling anyone that dry air causes a drop in temperature (the dry-ice effect) because they don’t won’t people to wake up and instead want people to trade carbon contracts through the corporations they control.
Gore shamelessly open about it(http://www.gore.com/en_xx/). Ultimately, however, it is the people’s responsibility to elect wise and knowledgeable leaders. Let’s hope that in 4 years someone of the caliber of Sarah Palin or Rush Limbaugh will be there to save the future of this country.
FRANK KOTLER 18:33:08; “Is illterior a word?” It is now. My aging brain cells saw it immediately as the perfect modifier for the motives of the AGW and global government crowds. It fits so well with other “ills” such as: illation (a conclusion), ilth (poor) and illuminati (grandiosely enlightened). There’s even a Welsh saint Illtyd, patron of those with illlth illatives.
mr.artday: Thanks for the link mate !
Great insight into the “green” mentality, however, I think it just confirmed to me that there seems to be a desire to create a global trend through the climate change agenda, to try to achieve a “true” globally acceptable communist attitude in the minds of the general public, closer to the original ideas of Marx and Engels rather than Lenin or Stalin.
Interesting times !!
Andrew P:
“Olbermann may have shown his ignorance on this issue, but is still probably one of the best political commentators in the US.”
What a load Mr. P.
“I didn’t mention thimerisol (which isn’t in MMR and never has been) but that said it is still a big issue with regard to vaccine safety. This isn’t the place but I can assure you that the science is not settled. If you doubt me google for the minutes of the CDC’s secret Simpsonwood conference in 2000, where they decided to cover up rather than go public on the truth about thimerisol (ethyl mercury) in vaccines. . . . It is true that it is not completely settled, but it is nearing it”
I submit that you don’t have a scientific clue. You could not assure me of anything scientific. I won’t bother with the ‘Secret Conference’ that you can google. Sounds like typical fantasies of a conspiracy theorist.
For those that are interested, the basis of the recent reports are likely based on the unfavorable rulings of the courts. The ‘Special Masters’ have been working towards resolving the many lawsuits surrounding vaccines and autism.
http://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/node/5026
Among the crowd that I run with, being named a worst person by Olbermann is considered a badge of honor.
Sparky Z. (19:34:02) :
…I submit that you don’t have a scientific clue. You could not assure me of anything scientific. I won’t bother with the ‘Secret Conference’ that you can google. Sounds like typical fantasies of a conspiracy theorist…
You are entitled to your opinions on Olbermann, as am I. These opinions are primarily political and as such subjective, and as this is a science blog let’s leave it at that.
I can however assure you that the CDC’s secret Simpsonwood Conference did take place. Here’s the link to the study which was discussed at Simpsonwood:
http://www.autismhelpforyou.com/EXPERT%20PAPER%20-%20Thimerosal%20VSD%20study001%20-%20Internet%20File.pdf
and here’s the 286 page transcript document from the meeting:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/2887572/Simpsonwood-Transcript20Searchable
I have a high regard for what Anthony has achieved with this site (and the surface stations project), but have to say that I am saddened by the tone and attitudes of some of the contributors. The often overtly right wing invective is painful for people like me who appreciate the science which questions AGW, but don’t go along with many (if any) aspects of the Republican/Neo-Con agenda. The CDC’s Simponswood conference did take place, and they did try to cover up the findings of their study, i.e. that using ethylmercury as a preservative in childhood vaccines was not a good idea. This does not make me a conspiracy theorist, because these are not theories, they are are facts. (That said, the simple truth is that occasionally, people in Government and in public and military agencies do conspire – e.g. Operation Northwoods, the USS Liberty, Operation Gladio etc.). So Sparky, please do some research into vaccine safety, rather than trust what you have been told by Fox and others in the MSM, and in the meantime you should refrain from such labelling and ad homenin attacks – it is ironic to suffer them here when they are tactics usually associated with the warmists.
I don’t know Olbermann but have watched Delgato for decades. I am a moderate/ progressive who wants RE and not by any means rightwingnut.
Delgato has been very accurate in his forecasts and explains the weather well. He is a very respected forecaster who is honest. This is not his first time talking about GW as I’ve heard him say, explain items about it before.
I can say that it’s Fox station, a network I just don’t like, he has no bias I can see and look for nor does the other anchors, ect on it to my surprise. Recently started checking out National Fox and they are extremely different..
I think Delgato has more integrity than 99% of people and I’d trust him myself. He didn’t have to stick his neck out but apparently felt it was info the viewers needed and the other local metrologist back him up from other stations even. In fact there is a large difference between them and climatologists I’ve been finding out on GW. The difference seems to be observers and theorists. I’m going with the observers myself.