The Australian Government is demanding more control of digital media content such as Google search rankings, and more renumeration for traditional mainstream media for use of content.
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@CNN hits peak stupid, taps @GretaThunberg for #COVID19 panel
From the YGBFKM department comes this…this…thing. No words. Beyond parody: CNN taps Greta Thunberg for expert coronavirus panelby Brad Polumbo, Washington Examiner The brave, hard-hitting journalists over at CNN are…
Caution: Pretty Pictures Can Fool You
Guest Essay by Kip Hansen In today’s digital and Internet-of-Things world, it is easy to transform information into images — graphs, charts and other visuals that are colorful and…
Teen Protestors: Learned about Climate Change in “Arthur” and “The Magic School Bus” Children’s Cartoons
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Climate indoctrination begins at a very young age; “Arthur” is targeted at ages 4-8, “The Magic Schoolbus” is targeted at ages 3-10. The Teen-Agers Fighting…
@ed_hawkins propagandized “global warming ties” for TV meteorologists blows up in his face – Climate Central may lose Federal funding.
It all started with this, a tie design to illustrate global warming: The source, climate modeler Ed Hawkins, who’s a lead author in IPCC AR6 climate report. Warming stripes for…
Defending Scott Pruitt – Making science reproducible
By Andy May The EPA secretary, Scott Pruitt, testified before the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday April 26, 2018. He had been charged with spending too…
The PBS Newshour Whale Oil Myth
By Andy May While researching fossil fuel history recently, I discovered a PBS article entitled “The Whale Oil Myth.” You can see the full article here. It is based on…
BBC accused of being a ‘left-wing mouthpiece’ today after a grovelling apology
James Tapsfield, Mail Online, via The GWPF The BBC was accused of being a ‘left-wing mouthpiece’ today after it issued a grovelling apology for failing to challenge Lord Lawson over a claim…
The “Battle for The Net” – a Little Twin of Climate Alarmism
I thought that “climate change” was a unique issue in our time where the Left, including the formerly mainstream media, has succeeded to convince the public that black is white…
MSM on Climate Hype: "the worst case is the only thing that prompts us to get anything done"
Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to the Sydney Morning Herald, telling the truth about climate doesn’t work. Hyping extreme climate scenarios is sometimes the only way to motivate climate…
Aussie Government Broadcaster Gives Climate Skeptics Airtime
Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t Judith Curry (one of the guests): The ABC, Australia’s government owned media outlet, has dedicated an entire Science Show program, including a star cast…
Proof the New York Times Stealthily Revises its Articles after Publication
Guest essay by Leo Goldstein NY Times regularly revises its articles after publication. The revisions are substantial, undisclosed, and are nothing like real time updates in developing stories. These are…
MSN augments “Fake News” with photoshopped penguin photos
Guest post by Jim Steele Director emeritus Sierra Nevada Field Campus, San Francisco State University and author of Landscapes & Cycles: An Environmentalist’s Journey to Climate Skepticism MSN appears to…
One of the very first global warming films: 'The Greenhouse Conspiracy'
The Greenhouse Conspiracy (1990) A “Channel 4” documentary, was recently added to YouTube (h/t to Leo Hickman) Video follows. It is interesting to see what was being said 25 years ago…
Lindzen: A recent exchange in the Boston Globe clearly illustrated the sophistic nature of the defense of global warming alarm
Guest essay by Dr. Richard Lindzen, MIT A recent exchange in the Boston Globe clearly illustrated the sophistic nature of the defense of global warming alarm. In the December 3,…
AP’s Seth Borenstein gets something right (but only the date)
By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley I often get emails asking me to comment in detail on an article on global warming that pretends the “problem” is worse than it is.…
The Associated Press drops the ugly climate term "denier" in their AP stylebook
From the AP Blog: (h/t to Thomas Hogg) An addition to AP Stylebook entry on global warming Sept. 22, 2015, by Paul Colford The AP Stylebook editors today informed AP staff…
Grant money panic! Murdoch buys the National Geographic
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Media giant Rupert Murdoch has just purchased the National Geographic. According to the Washington Post, Murdoch has provided the non profit organisation with a desperately…
Bloomberg's made-up climate widget
Guest essay by David Burton Bloomberg’s Eric Roston and Blacki Migliozzi are just regurgitating made-up, model-generated nonsense, in place of real data. You want proof? Look at their graph of…
The journalistic self-immolation of Newsweek's Zoë Schlanger
Every once in a while a new reporter arrives onto the climate scene that immediately thinks they know everything there is to know about climate, and therefore doesn’t need to…
Trust the New York Times? Source says Skeptic Climate Scientists are Crooks (ignore NYT's burden-of-proof wipeout)
Guest Opinion By Russell Cook While attending the 10th International Conference on Climate Change in Washington D.C. late last week, Dr S. Fred Singer asked me to send him material…
The Tomorrowland Climate Doom Movie: I watched it so you don't have to
Guest review by John A. Spoiler alert: This review will talk about the plot, so if you want to go and see the movie, please don’t read on. Still here?…
The Guardian: Still hypocritical on pensions
Guest essay by Eric Worrall The Guardian has launched an attack on pension funds which invest in fossil fuel assets, accusing them of “… taking an ill-advised gamble on climate…
Science or dogma at the National Geographic Society?
An a-scientific paper, poor contribution of NGS to the enlightenment of its members. Story submitted by Michel de Rougemont I just finished reading the article « The age of disbelief…
