The Sorry State of Science Reporting

The Sorry State of Science Reporting - Alan Caruba - Sep 09, 07
From my point of view, however, after a steady diet of so-called science news telling us that everything we eat, drink and breath is going to kill us and, if that doesn’t do it, the melting of the North and South Poles, the rise of oceans, the spread of deserts, and the death of just about every known species of animal, the credibility of science reporting in the mainstream media has suffered some serious body blows.

For our skepticism, those of us who have disputed the endless lies about global warming have been labeled “deniers” in much the same way as those who dispute the Holocaust. This is not by accident. The use of the word “deniers” has opened the door for Robert Kennedy, Jr. to accuse us of being “traitors” and for the Weather Channel’s ordained expert on global warming to suggest that any meteorologist who disagrees should have their certification taken away. This is the stuff of despotism.“What most people don’t know is that real science is a giant debating society, filled with skeptics,” says Lewis. “It is only mature science that is stable and agreed-upon. But mature science comes only after centuries of cumulative evidence, and constant, heated debate.”Declaring that a “consensus” exists among all the scientists of the world that global warming is occurring is a lie. Twisting the results of a Science magazine report to reflect the opposite of its findings is a lie. Producing a “documentary” called “An Inconvenient Truth” filled with distortions and lies deserves censure, not mandatory showings in all the schools of the nation.

The federal government has spent billions to determine if global warming exists. So far it has not found any credible evidence for this dubious theory. Worse yet is the writing of laws in Congress that are based on this flawed and false “science of global warming” that will drive up the cost of everything on which our economy depends. That is a criminal misuse of the powers allocated to elected representatives.

The bottom line is that all this hype over global warming and carbon reduction will do nothing but fund global governance. Many who would be incensed if there was any tax on them by global government are now funding global government by supporting “carbon legislation”. They are being played for fools by their own politicians. Apparently they must be, or they would be doing something about it.