Friday, May 02, 2014

What happened when a Scientific American editor told Fox News he wanted to talk about climate change

So Faux Noise not only censors scientists from talking about climate change on their station, they sensor them from talking about anything else when they let others know about the censorship!

http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/blog/what-happened-when-a-scientific-american-editor-told-fox-news-he-wanted-to-talk-about-climate-change

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2014/04/30/my-experience-on-fox-friends-regarding-climate-change/

By Michael Moyer | April 30, 2014

This morning I appeared on the nation’s number-one-rated morning show, Fox and Friends. Afterwards I tweeted out a few things that have garnered some attention, including this:

Fox & Friends producer wanted to talk about future trends. I said #1 will be impacts of climate change. I was told to pick something else.

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To be honest I’m surprised this is garnering as much interest as it seems to be. A recent study examined the accuracy of cable news programs regarding climate science. The study concluded that “in general, Fox hosts and guests were more likely than those of other networks to disparage the study of climate science and criticize scientists.” We all understand that Fox comes with a political point of view, one which has served them well in the ratings hunt.

I did go on the show to discuss the other topics, because they are genuinely interesting and I love to share cool science with whomever will listen. I thought the segment itself went well. Unfortunately Fox appears to have removed the video from its website.

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UPDATE: The website The Raw Story has a copy of the video, in case you’re interested.

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