Bruce551 Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Foxgate: Leaked email reveals Fox News boss Bill Sammon ordered staff to cast doubt on climate science Posted By Joe On December 15, 2010 @ 11:21 http://climateprogress.org/2010/12/15/leaked-email-fox-news-sammon-cast-doubt-on-climate-science/ From: Sammon, Bill To: 169 -SPECIAL REPORT; 036 -FOX.WHU; 054 -FNSunday; 030 -Root (FoxNews.Com); 050 -Senior Producers; 051 -Producers; 069 -Politics; 005 -Washington Cc: Clemente, Michael; Stack, John; Wallace, Jay; Smith, Sean Sent: Tue Dec 08 12:49:51 2009 Subject: Given the controversy over the veracity of climate change data… …we should refrain from asserting that the planet has warmed (or cooled) in any given period without IMMEDIATELY pointing out that such theories are based upon data that critics have called into question. It is not our place as journalists to assert such notions as facts, especially as this debate intensifies. What follows is an extended excerpt of the MediaMatters [1] story, including a video of the story that triggered the email: This latest revelation comes after Media Matters uncovered [4] an email sent by Sammon to Fox journalists at the peak of the health care reform debate, ordering them to avoid using the term “public option†and instead use variations of “government option.†That email echoed advice from a prominent Republican pollster on how to help turn public opinion against health care reform. Sources familiar with the situation in Fox’s Washington bureau have expressed concern about Sammon using his position to “slant†Fox’s supposedly neutral news coverage to the right. Sammon’s orders for Fox journalists to cast doubt on climate science came amid the network’s relentless promotion of the fabricated “Climategate†scandal, which revolved around misrepresentations of emails sent to and from climate scientists at the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit. At the time of Sammon’s directive, it was clear the “scandal†did not undermine the scientific basis for global warming and that the emails were being grossly distorted by conservative media and politicians. Scientists, independent fact-checkers, and several investigations have since confirmed that the CRU emails do not undermine the overwhelming scientific consensus that human activity is warming the planet. Contrary to Sammon’s email, the increase in global temperatures over the last half-century is an established fact. As the National Climatic Data Center explains [5], the warming trend “is apparent in all of the independent methods of calculating global temperature change†and “is also confirmed by other independent observations.†Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakeGeneve Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 No surprises here. Study Confirms That Fox News Makes You Stupid, December 15, 2010 A new survey of American voters shows that Fox News viewers are significantly more misinformed than consumers of news from other sources. Yet another study has been released proving that watching Fox News is detrimental to your intelligence. http://www.alternet.org/media/149193/study_confirms_that_fox_news_makes_you_stupid?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=alternet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTHM Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 While watching NBC (the network without an agenda ?!) makes you smarter, cures cancer and makes your d**k 2 inch longer... :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiaranM Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 While watching NBC (the network without an agenda ?!) makes you smarter, cures cancer and makes your d**k 2 inch longer... :roll: f**k the BBC i'm changing to NBC now !!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damnam1 Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 While watching NBC (the network without an agenda ?!) makes you smarter, cures cancer and makes your d**k 2 inch longer... :roll: but they held back the information that NBC has also a negative effect on your near vision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stramash Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 While watching NBC (the network without an agenda ?!) makes you smarter, cures cancer and makes your d**k 2 inch longer... :roll: f**k the BBC i'm changing to NBC now !!!!!!!!!!!! and you will finally hit the 4 inch mark!!!! :twisted: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiaranM Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 While watching NBC (the network without an agenda ?!) makes you smarter, cures cancer and makes your d**k 2 inch longer... :roll: f**k the BBC i'm changing to NBC now !!!!!!!!!!!! and you will finally hit the 4 inch mark!!!! :twisted: i'm not cutting 6 inches off mine for anybody !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagle Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 FOX news -science :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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