FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 10/29/12
WUWT-TV to debut on November 14th to counter Al Gore’s “Dirty Weather Telethon” on November 14th and 15th starting at 8PM EST (5PM PST)
Al Gore is forming another 24 hour media event on November 14th, focusing on “dirty weather”, which you can read about here. It is yet another example of what has been called “Tabloid Climatology”.
Gore’s program is another transparent attempt to link climate and weather, and to make people fearful of common weather events that we’ve seen all throughout history. WUWT hosted a 24 hour event last year, thanks to the talents of our contributing cartoonist, Josh. You can review that here.
Last year during his “24 Hours of Climate Reality”, Mr. Gore created a video called “Climate 101” in which he purported to show a laboratory experiment showing the warming effects of CO2. Unfortunately it was discovered that Mr. Gore fabricated the experimental results using video post production techniques. You can read about it and see the evidence here:
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Due to Mr. Gore broadcasting fabricated and impossible science experiments, and then failing to correct the video even when glaringly obvious falsifications were pointed out, and partly due to WUWT’s founder Anthony Watts recent interview (and backlash) on PBS Newshour, a donor has stepped forward and offered to equip WUWT for professional Live TV over the Internet and has purchased a complete web enabled TV studio setup for use this year, seen here:
http://www.newtek.com/products/tricaster-40.html
It includes two cameras, live video over net input, and live graphics/slideshow input.
It has been tested and has succeeded a 24 hour live web broadcast burn in period. When in production, the WUWT-TV web channel will have all of the elements of a professional TV production.
During the event, WUWT-TV will be able to conduct live video interviews via Skype online video, plus will feature simultaneous PowerPoint presentations run in high quality HD to go with the live interview, while the guest narrates. These can be full screen or split screen depending on the setting.
PowerPoint presentations will be pre-loaded into the system, and to facilitate remote control, WUWT has engineered a remote ‘clicker’ that allows guest presenters to control the presentation from their end, using a web page with a forward and back button on it.
WUWT-TV has invited a number of individuals to give presentations, here is the list so far.
SCHEDULED TO APPEAR:
Andrew Montford (Author of The Hockey Stick Illusion)
Richard Lindzen (Alfred P. Sloan professor of Meteorology, MIT)
Marc Morano (Climate Depot)
John Coleman (Founder of the Weather Channel, now at KUSI-TV)
Chris Horner (Senior Fellow, Center for Energy and Environment, CEI)
Steve McIntyre (editor of ClimateAudit.org)
Dr. Ross McKitrick (University of Guelph)
John Christy (Alabama State climatologist, co author of UAH dataset)
Joe D’Aleo (WeatherBell)
Joe Bastardi (Weatherbell)
Senator Jim Inhofe
Bob Tisdale (author of Who Turned on The Heat?)
Dr. Ryan Maue (Weatherbell)
Burt Rutan, (Engineer and Aviation Pioneer)
Dr. Sebastian Lüning (co-author of Die kalte Sonne)
Harold Ambler (Author of Don’t Sell Your Coat)
Donna LaFramboise (Author of The Delinquent Teenager)
Pat Michaels (former State climatologist of Virgina, fellow of the Cato institute)
Pete Garcia (Producer of the movie The Boy Who Cried Warming)
Christopher Monckton (SPPI)
Invited but still undecided or have not returned RSVP:
Judith Curry (may appear by pre-recorded presentation she offered)
Burt Rutan (no reply)
John Kehr (no reply)
David Stockwell (no reply)
Jo Nova (undecided)
Dr. David Evans (no reply)
Zeke Hausfather, BEST (undecided)
Invited but declined:
Dr. Walt Meir, NSIDC (declined)
Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. (conflicting commitments prevent appearance)
Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. (declined but offered supplemental materials)
Bill McKibben (declined due to other commitments)
There are still a few slots open. For those on the opposite side of the debate, as well as those on the skeptic side we invite you to participate, and welcome slide and narrative presentations from 15 minutes to 1 hour in length.
For questions or to request a time slot, please use the contact form if you will be able to participate. Given that Mr. Gore wants to sell the American public on ‘dirty weather’, which we know is an act of desperation, unsupported by the current state of the science (see this Nature editorial on the lack of linkage between climate and extreme weather) your voice will be particularly important.
If you cannot participate live during that time, we can arrange to pre-record the segment and play it at the appropriate time on November 14th or 15th. All that is required is a functional webcam (with headset preferred for best audio quality) A Skype account, and a short PowerPoint presentation or video clip.
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Contact WUWT here: http://wattsupwiththat.com/about-wuwt/contact-2/
Invite the ‘other side’ to debate live on-air. Publish names of all who decline to defend their position.
I’d like a diversity of views. Conversational format is good, but as we’ve seen with the presidential debates posturing can overwhelm content. I wish to see alternating half hour segments, starting with a general view from either side then free form responses by believers and doubters in unmoderated alternation.
It is clear that Mann, Hansen, Gore et. al. would reject my format, but we’ve already heard their lectures anyway. I’d accept a list of second-tier warmists. The claim would go out “is that the best you could do? Beating up on the B-list?”, however I suspect the B-list is better armed to make a rational argument anyway; they are less encumbered by old baggage. Also, who cares what the critics might say. The purpose should be to produce quality work.
ooooh, yeah, second on Keith Briffa.
Don’t tell my doctor, he doesn’t like my popcorn addiction.
Congratulations, Anthony.
May I suggest an invitation to Richard Betts / Met Office? Certainly not possible to label him with the D-word.
Way to go Anthony, it’ll be a great success I’m certain.
This WUWT-TV would not be necessary if the MSM gave sceptics an equal whack and equal talk time without brazen distortions and dishonourable edits.
By the way Romm’s head has just exploded. 😉
Magnificent!
Have made this a red-letter-day in my diary.
Anthony – if there are still some slots, may I suggest an invite to James Delingpole, author of ‘Watermelons’, and not exactly unknown either in the climate sceptic community or in the USA?
It’s not enjoyable to see both sides competing to see who can “shout louder” at the same time. This is especially true when Gore may possess a bigger megaphone than Watts. Is either side likely to reach anyone besides irreversibly-committed supporters?
I’m personally more interested in your ability to rebut Gore (such as the fake CO2 experiment) than your attempts to out-shout him. Please save some energy for that.
Anthony
Good luck with this new venture
Tonyb
Please do invite Mann, Gore, Schmidt, Romm etc. They will of course decline but at least they can never accuse your of not inviting them.
Might I recommend Bryce Johnson. Nuclear physicist and presenter of this talk in May.
http://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2012/10/27/bryce-johnson-limits-of-carbon-dioxide-in-causing-global-warming/
Daym! Good going all – Anthony, a suggestion that you do a short feature on your moderators. They do one hellava job for all of us and it’d be nice to see their ugly mugs on the video…
Mike
Few suggestions:
Why not call it “It’s Just The Weather and Not The Climate” and make a clear point about what the IPCC calls climate = 30 years or more of data.
Pull up you graphs showing weather events – no trends (graphs really are the killer).
Put it on Youtube.
Put up a page for it now so people can spread the link widely before it airs.
Good luck, this is just what the doctor ordered.
PS
I second it, where is Willis?
Wonderful! Can’t wait!
Any chance someone will make a point or two about the “dirty electricity” that is put out by those curly lightbulbs? Not to mention the need for HAZMAT teams to clean up broken curly bulbs because of their mercury content.
You should get Mark Steyne hee hee
Christopher Booker
Lubos Motl
Vaclav Kraus
Lucia
Mosher
Tallbloke
Great initiative, Anthony. ! am really looking forward to seeing it.
James Delingpole would be a worthy addition to your line-up.
Leif Svalgaard
May I encourage you to pre-record and submit to help provide solar expertise.
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Anthony
I encourage you to invite Nigel Fox of NPL to describe his TRUTHS project. He shows how to improve satellite measurements by 10 fold – and shows the major uncertainties in the current system.
Great News! However, you know it will happen, so, who is funding? I am not an ass, I completely support all you have done, however, again, this will be their stupid point, not the great info.
Anthony. Just a heads up: this post didn’t appear to come thru on my Email notification whereas another one from WUWT today did. I only heard via Tallbloke’s reblog and link to here. Perhaps others might not have got it too?
Well done by the way. I shall be watching.
Way to go Anthony! Streamed live on the web I sure hope (or am I going to be forced to get a cable lead again)?
This should add some real scientific balance. Well, the MSM is on its way out anyway and someone has to fill the hole and I can think of no one better to bring in some honesty. Now don’t let this go to a few heads I can think of, they are big enough all ready!
Great news.
richardK,
Funding courtesy of Big Oil and the Koch Bros.
/sarc
Bob Carter?
I didn’t catch the positional irony, until just now.
The post previous to announcement of WUWT-TV is:
McKibben and Romm schlepping for Tabloid Climatology interviews
IOW, they are saying, “Please, interview us.”
You are saying, “Tune in.”