Monday, October 20, 2008

Does nearly as high mean cooler?

I'm not a proponent of the "man-made global warming" theory. I think it's a bunch of hooey. The earth has cycled through temperature changes ever since it's been here -- it's just part of the ebb and flow of nature. But the media has jumped with both feet into the global warming propaganda.

Take, for instance, this headline in last Saturday's Dallas Morning News: "Arctic temperatures nearly as high as last fall's record." Doesn't that mean the Arctic temperatures are cooler than last year? So why doesn't the headline say: "Arctic cools! Global warming becomes iffy"?

And in the article, there is no mention of what the average temperature was last year, or what the average was this year -- only that temperatures this year were "almost" as high. What kind of reporting is that? It's the kind I call "pushing an agenda."

"Arctic temperatures nearly as high as last fall's record." The Dallas Morning News; October 18, 2008; p. 5A.

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