On global warming coverage, which media outlets are the most biased? Which do you trust?

Question

The year 2007 saw an increased amount of news coverage on the topic of global warming. One reasons for this is increased opportunities to report: IPCC releasing its reports throughout the year, record arctic melt, Congress debating climate change legislation, the US government considering the polar bear as endangered, Al Gore and the IPCC winning the Nobel Peace Prize, etc…

It would be best if one could skip the news media altogether, and stick to peer-reviewed journals, but most Americans get their news from TV, newspapers, magazines, and the radio. Which media outlets do you believe provides accurate information, without sensationalism and without oversimplifying?

Answer 1

government agencies - NASA, NOAA, and the EPA provide dumbed down global warming info - but of course they are part of the giant left- wing government conspiracy too.

Answer 2

The surest sign of a nuetral agency is that the leftists think there's a right wing conspiracy, and the right wing think there's a left wing conspiracy.

BBC, R4 is my favourite. You folks can get it on the web. It has nuetrality written into it's constitution and checked on regularly. If it strayed it would get whipped back into shape the audience and/or government.

Check it out.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/

As for biased I might mention the Independant (UK newspaper) or viewspaper as it's called. It is behind the environmental , and every left wing, agenda. Sometime it doesn't seem to take the real world and it's limitations int account!

Answer 3

I watch the weather channel for uncensored reports on the weather.Other than that,I just pay attention to the obvious changes in the climate. I'm 55,and have been aware of climate change for decades now. I didn't need the IPCC report to tell me the climate on Earth is changing.   When I was young,there were only tornadoes in a specific area called "tornado alley",and only in the springtime,or early summer. Now there are tornadoes ,any time,any place!  We had a F-2 tornado here the Pac. N.W. just a few weeks ago! Yeah,a 'freak' storm is just that,a freak of nature.  But when there are more and more of these 'freak' storms,that's climate change!

Answer 4

I mistrust people who are afraid of open exchange of ideas.

People and post things like "It would be best if one could skip the news media altogether".

That is common tactic of oppression.

Answer 5

I trust the pentagon which as you know is probably a nest of leftists...

Answer 6

I was recently watching FOX news and there was a discussion about the future of energy in the U.S.

They had a talking head who said that solar energy could barely propel a small sailboat, never mind contribute meaningfully to U.S. energy supply.    No one challenged this bit of total disinformation.  

The fact is that solar can provide virtually all of our energy supply by the end of the century.  We already have up to 2.6 gigawatts of solar thermal plants on the drawing boards or already approved for California.  An area 92 miles by 92 miles, in the U.S. southwest deserts, if filled with concentrating solar power plants would power the entire nation.  Sounds like a lot of land but these plants actually use less land than coal plants and their coal mines, when compared on a megawatt per acre basis.  This is completely 100% clean and cheap electricity.  We already have several pilot solar thermal plants in the Mojave Desert which have been running since the mid 80s.  The are putting out 355 megawatts now.

For a sense of how much juice this is,  1 gigawatt would power all of San Francisco.  There are about 7 companies already involved in the southwest in the solar thermal segment.  And now we are hearing about concentrating PV solar power plants planned for the southwest.   Both of these types of plants can produce electricity at prices that are already competitive.  And the cost of building these plants is much lower than the cost to build nuclear plants of equivalent megawatts.  It is really low tech as well, which is why the costs are reasonable.  Particularly  solar thermal which requires no specialized components like PV cells.  The heat of the sun is concentrated to boil water and produce steam and drive a turbine generator. They can also store heated water or molten salt or other liquids to produce electricity after the sun goes down.

  Long story short, don't trust FOX to give you straight answers because they are biased toward the huge mega corporations that want to suppress this kind of information.

Answer 7

For the poster who didn't understand, the reason to "skip the news media altogether" it's because they generally don't have good fact-checking on science issues and do a poor job of providing balance (e.g. if 999 scientists say A, and 1 scientists says B, they'll give equal time covering A & B).

For those that don't (or can't) read actual scientific reports, I'd generally recommend National Geographic (the magazine and cable channel) or the Discovery (especially the Science channel) cable channels.

Answer 8

don't trust anyone that has FedEx or sears commercials .,  

    







                



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Maher canceled, Kimmel lands slot at ABC

May 14, 2002 Posted: 2:25 PM EDT (1825 GMT)

  

Bill Maher and "Politically Incorrect" are being canceled by ABC.    



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NEW YORK -- Goodbye Bill Maher, hello Jimmy Kimmel.

The Associated Press is reporting that ABC is canceling Bill Maher's late-night topical talk show, "Politically Incorrect," and replacing it with an entertainment show led by Comedy Central's Jimmy Kimmel. Daily Variety confirms that Kimmel has been signed to a contract.

"Politically Incorrect" has been on thin ice since just after the September 11 terrorist attacks, when host Maher was quoted as referring to past United States military actions as "cowardly." FedEx and Sears pulled their advertising from the show.

But, according to the AP report, ABC Chairman Lloyd Braun said Maher's controversial comments had nothing to do with the decision to replace him.

"We made a decision to go with straight entertainment programming in late night," Braun said on Tuesday. "That's just basically a scheduling opportunity that we felt over the long term had more potential."

Even before the current move, ABC had signaled its willingness to make changes in its late-night lineup. In March, sources revealed the network had had talks with David Letterman about joining the network, which likely would have displaced both "PI" and Ted Koppel's news show, "Nightline."

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Letterman stayed at CBS and "Nightline" received a two-year commitment from ABC, but the status of "Politically Incorrect" remained up in the air.

Variety observes that its cancellation is no surprise to many in the industry, particularly after Maher's post-September 11 comments. Whereas Disney executives often publicly supported Koppel and "Nightline" after the Letterman flap, there was little support for Maher and "PI."

Maher's contract expires in the fall. It's unclear when the final "PI" will air or how ABC may fill any gap between the demise of "PI" and the premiere of Kimmel's new series, Variety reports.

"Politically Incorrect" had its debut on Comedy Central in 1993 and moved to ABC in 1997.

Kimmel's half-hour show will bow in January, Variety reports, most likely in conjunction with ABC's broadcast of the Super Bowl. Details are still sketchy, though the show is expected to be in the same comedy/entertainment vein as Kimmel's other work.

Kimmel has hosted "The Man Show" on Comedy Central since 1999, and also was Ben Stein's original sidekick on "Win Ben Stein's Money."

"The Man Show" will have several months of original episodes, but the show will end production with Kimmel's departure.

        



    



  



  



  





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Answer 9

Tought question because I don't pay a lot of attention to the media.  I've noticed that a lot of misinformation comes from various newspapers' Opinion sections, particularly the Telegraph in the UK.

In the US media, Fox News would have to be the most biased.  Sometimes they have good scientific articles (on their website), and sometimes they interview Steve Milloy from JunkScience, calling him an expert.

I think the most unbiased ones are the BBC and NPR/PBS.  They simply present the science in an accurate and unbiased fashion.  Other news outlets tend to be more interested in ratings than accuracy or scientific rigor.

Answer 10

I guess I don't completely trust anyone but a mass of reputable sources does convince me.  The BBC here in the UK is pretty good.