Fox's E.D. Hill falsely claimed that "U.N. meteorologists" say "the planet may actually cool off for the 10th year in a row"
On America's Pulse, host E.D. Hill falsely claimed, in a teaser for an upcoming segment, that "the U.N. says the planet may actually cool off for the 10th year in a row." Hill later asserted: "U.N. meteorologists now saying that we could have, for the 10th year in a row, a colder year, temperatures ... decreasing, not warming, getting colder." In fact, global mean temperatures, as measured in two widely used data sets, have not decreased in each of the past 10 years.
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NY Times understated Inhofe's views on global warming
In an article discussing potentially competitive 2008 Senate elections, The New York Times understated Sen. James Infohe's views on global warming, reporting that Inhofe "has said that its effects are exaggerated." In fact, Inhofe has repeatedly referred to global warming as the "greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people" and reportedly compared Al Gore's global warming documentary to Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf.
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O'Reilly said question of whether humans are causing global warming is "all guesswork"
Responding to a viewer's email about whether the current global warming "scare" is "natural" or "man-made," Fox News' Bill O'Reilly asserted: "It's all guesswork." Contrary to O'Reilly's assertion, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has concluded that the Earth is warming and human activity is very likely responsible for most of that warming.
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- Limbaugh falsely denied human causes of ozone depletion, global warming
- Wash. Times editorial falsely claimed that rising CO2 levels "hardly prove[] the existence of man-made global warming"
- Du Pont, Limbaugh distorted scientific research to downplay global warming
- On Fox, Inhofe claimed without challenge that "[i]t was warmer in the [19]30s"
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- Fox's Baier misrepresented Gore's comments about Myanmar cyclone
- Fox's E.D. Hill falsely claimed that "U.N. meteorologists" say "the planet may actually cool off for the 10th year in a row"
- NY Times understated Inhofe's views on global warming
- WSJ quoted McCain touting his "pro-environment positions," but didn't note his poor LCV score
- O'Reilly said question of whether humans are causing global warming is "all guesswork"
- Blitzer did not challenge Matalin's assertion that global warming is "a largely unscientific hoax" and a "political concoction"
- More myths and falsehoods about global warming
- IBD editorial falsely claimed Clinton said that "we must slow the economy to save the earth"
- Echoing Drudge and ABC's Tapper, Fox News' Hill falsely asserted Clinton said "we need to slow" economy to fight global warming
- Tapper falsely suggested Bill Clinton proposed "slow[ing] down our economy" to fight climate change
