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the American Meteorological Society and the American rock stars and men-on-the street for science [reporting]". Geophysical Union are only voted on by two dozen or so. BMI also critiqued the news media coverage of the governing board members, with no direct vote cast by International Conference on Climate Change. rank-and-file scientists. WorldNetDaily.com ran a critique of the media coverage, D'Aleo addressed the complaints of some mainstream __ titled "Mainstream media's mockery". American Thinker media reporters who noted that the climate conference did | weighed in with a very comprehensive report from the not produce a focused scientific message, but instead conference. (Note: For a sampling of the media coverage, posited multiple explanations of climate changes. "There see part two of this report [available via the web page was a variety of opinions as there should be in science and _listed at the end of this article].) all were tolerated. There was no group think or stagnant thinking as we find at other so-called Climate Funding Myths Exposed Conferences," D'Aleo wrote. One of the most incisive articles about the conference Why would the media ever expect a uniform scientific | came from John Tierney of the New York Times (March 6). message at a large climate conference? It appears that Tierney exposed the erroneous notion that "industry" reporters need to be reminded that the UN IPCC (after all, funding fuels climate scepticism. "Do the critics really it is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) is _ think there's more money and glory to be won by doubting the unusual event, not the international climate conference global warming than by going along with the majority? I in New York City in March. It is true that the sceptical ask this question not because I doubt the integrity or conference presented an array of competence of the researchers scientific views, but reporters and environmental groups who should not be surprised by this Many reporters are So used to are getting billions of dollars diversity. Instead, the question from government agencies, for reporters should be: why do attending virtually scripted corporations, foundations and UN IPCC climate events have UN IPCC Summary for private donors concerned about such conformity and a lack of . . . climate change," Tierney wrote. dissent? Many reporters are so Policymakers meetings which An August 2007 report detailed used to attending virtuall . how proponents of man-made scripted UN IPCC Summary for reach the predetermined global warming fears enjoy a Policymakers meetings which "consensus" that mankind is monumental funding advantage reach the predetermined o . oe over sceptical scientists. Tierney "consensus" that mankind is driving a climate crisis. quoted Joseph Bast, Heartland's driving a climate crisis. president, stating: "Donations from energy companies have Media Coverage of the Conference never amounted to more than 5 percent of our budget in The climate conference garnered the attention of many any year, and there is no corporate sponsor underwriting media outlets, including the New York Times, BBC, any of this conference." Washington Post, ABC News, Associated Press, Reuters, Tierney also presented the case that so-called global China Post, CNSNews.com, CNN, New York's Sun, Fox — warming "solutions" are money-makers for many. "A cap- News, Times of India, Czechoslovakia's Ceske Noviny, and-trade system for curbing carbon emissions (the kind Investor's Business Daily, Canada's Financial Post,United criticized at this week's conference) is popular in Press International, WorldNetDaily.com and the Wall Washington in no small part because of corporate Street Journal. lobbyists who see a chance to make money from the Some of the mainstream media coverage reached bottom carbon credits," he wrote. "And there's lots of money to quickly. See the NewsBusters report in which CNN's _ be doled out to researchers studying climate change and Miles O'Brien accuses scientists at the conference of being —_ new energy technologies," he added. "Dat Davthacn!! Gama af tha wiandian rock stars and men-on-the street for science [reporting]". BMI also critiqued the news media coverage of the International Conference on Climate Change. WorldNetDaily.com ran a critique of the media coverage, titled "Mainstream media's mockery". American Thinker weighed in with a very comprehensive report from the conference. (Note: For a sampling of the media coverage, see part two of this report [available via the web page listed at the end of this article].) Many reporters are so used to attending virtually scripted UN IPCC Summary for Policymakers meetings which reach the predetermined "consensus" that mankind is Media Coverage of the Conference The climate conference garnered the attention of many media outlets, including the New York Times, BBC, Washington Post, ABC News, Associated Press, Reuters, China Post, CNSNews.com, CNN, New York's Sun, Fox News, Times of India, Czechoslovakia's Ceske Noviny, Investor's Business Daily, Canada's Financial Post, United Press International, WorldNetDaily.com and the Wall Street Journal. Some of the mainstream media coverage reached bottom quickly. See the NewsBusters report in which CNN's Miles O'Brien accuses scientists at the conference of being "Flat Earthers". Some of the media, including in the New York Times, presented fair coverage. Despite many mainstream media outlets’ efforts to mock the gathering, it was a semi-victory for the conference that reporters likes Miles O'Brien of CNN and Bill Blakemore of ABC News even showed up, considering their past reporting on climate issues. During the conference, the Business and Media Institute (BMI) also released its comprehensive study which reveals how the news media report on global warming. The study, titled "Global Warming Censored", found that network TV news stifles debate and relies on "politicians, Diverse Views, Growing Dissent The New York City conference of dissenting scientists came after many declared 2007 as the "tipping point" for climate alarmism and referred to it as the year that man- made global warming fears "bit the dust" as an abundance of peer-reviewed studies countered rising CO: fears. Many of the scientists featured in the December 2007 US Senate Minority Report of over 400 scientists attended the conference. The sceptical scientists presented diverse views on climate change, but generally they rallied around several key points: 20 ¢ NEXUS driving a climate crisis. www.nexusmagazine.com FEBRUARY — MARCH 2009