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March 01, 2007
Balance is Bias
Al Gore is starting to sound like an eco-echo of the MediaMatters "the media are too conservative" canard: "I believe that is one of the principal reasons why political leaders around the world have not yet taken action," Gore said. "There are many reasons, but one of the principal reasons in my view is more than half of the mainstream media have rejected the scientific consensus implicitly -- and I say 'rejected,' perhaps it's the wrong word. They have failed to report that it is the consensus and instead have chosen ... balance as bias.I can understand why he wouldn't answer any questions. They might ask him about his now legendary energy consumption. How biased of them that would be. I have to say, though, I like that "most important moral, ethical, spiritual and political issue humankind has ever faced" part. Yes, it's the most important moral, ethical, spiritual and political issue humankind has ever faced ever since the last most important moral, ethical, spiritual and political issue humankind has ever faced. (I think that was Al Gore's unbalanced Ozone Hole.) Who says morality can't be manufactured like sausage? MORE: Unless I am reading him wrong, Gore isn't saying that there isn't another side to the global warming/greenhouse gas dispute. Only that it shouldn't be reported. HMMMM.... I guess under the same logic, if Gore ran for office, he could claim it was "bias" for the to media report what his opponent said. Maybe he is looking ahead after all. UPDATE (03/02/07): How dare the National Geographic report this story about Global Warming on Mars being caused by the sun? How dare they? And how dare Glenn Reynolds link to it? Children -- especially human children here on earth -- might read it and get confused. Really, the idea that the sun might be heating the earth because it's heating Mars! The very idea! Talk about planetary moral, ethical, spiritual and political equivalency. This has the most biased piece of balance I've ever seen! Doesn't Glenn know that with the earth in the balance, balance harms the planet? posted by Eric on 03.01.07 at 07:28 PM |
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