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Fox Mocks Gore Over Wintry Weather: "Trick or Treat Gore!"

October 30, 2011 1:33 pm ET by Media Matters staff

As part of its long-running campaign to discredit the fact that the earth is warming, Fox News has regularly portrayed any snowfall as proof that global warming doesn't exist. Fox has also used it as an excuse to mock Al Gore. That continues with the headline of an October 30 Fox Nation item:

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Previously:

Fox's Bolling On October Snow: "Hey A Gore...Where's Your Global Warming Now?"

Broken Record: Fox Still Falsely Claiming That Snow Disproves Global Warming

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    • Author by danielsangeo (October 30, 2011 1:50 pm ET)
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      Science understanding fail, Fox.
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      • Author by scooter51 (October 31, 2011 1:36 pm ET)
           
        EPIC FAIL
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      • Author by ponymeup (October 31, 2011 7:27 pm ET)
           
        That settles it. There is no global warming. Just heard it on Fox. I guess it's final. Debate is over and they were right all along. It snowing in NYC was just rubbing it in. Everybody can relax now. We finally know it was a false alarm. Man was that close! Hope they start making Hummers again. Sheesh!
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    • Author by phlcstgan (October 30, 2011 1:54 pm ET)
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      Once again, New York=the entire world.
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    • Author by ScienceBuff (October 30, 2011 1:55 pm ET)
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      Fox is right. If it's not warming uniformly at all times in all places, then clearly warming isn't happening at all. It's all so clear now.
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      • Author by Saturnalian (October 30, 2011 3:15 pm ET)
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        They haven't learned the term "Global Climate Change" yet. Too stoopid to breathe: FOX. Maybe they can just do us a favor and hold their breath until they all turn blue.
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        • Author by danielsangeo (October 31, 2011 12:12 am ET)
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          I don't think they've even learned the term "global" yet....

          ("Globes are Big Science lies to indoctrinate the childrens into the round Earth 'theory'.")
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          • Author by kamrom (November 01, 2011 8:46 pm ET)
               
            My favorite was when they claimed it was not global warming, but a mini ice-age (as Saturn pointed out, its climate change.) All because it snowed in scandanavia in the winter.
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      • Author by somnambulist (October 30, 2011 5:24 pm ET)
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        I am seriously convinced that this is what they think. If it's colder than it should be where they are and immediately nearby and in the entire region, that trend surely extends indefinitely and globally!

        No, really. I think there are people that stupid.
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    • Author by Indy (October 30, 2011 2:22 pm ET)
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      To borrow a phrase. Fox is comparing apples (short term - weather) to oranges (long term - climate).
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      • Author by MickD (October 31, 2011 12:14 am ET)
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        Record heat in Tex-ass this summer = FoxNoose silence
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        • Author by bintx (October 31, 2011 8:49 am ET)
             
          That would be Texas and the heat here was destructive, unbearable and unprecedented. We've had a little rain since then, but we're still over 10 inches behind our normal rainfall. It's a tinder box here. We have a town near here whose water supply has almost completely dried up. It's horrible.
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          • Author by Progressive_IL (October 31, 2011 12:31 pm ET)
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            Yet the elected officials who represent you at the state and national levels keep fighting to let it get even worse. Honestly, the idiot voters in Texas deserve what they get.

            I recommend getting out of Texas while you still can, before a US passport is required to cross the border.
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            • Author by kamrom (November 01, 2011 8:49 pm ET)
                 
              Things are gonna get worse too, thats what really bothers me. The weather was wonky all summer, and I know what it is: El Nino. Its gonna cause a LOT of harm, since the republicans refuse to fund any disaster relief. Which perry will blame on obama.

              Im honestly surprised these rightwing jerks havent made a Al gore/El Nino/Immigrant joke thats riidiculously offensive. But then theyd have to examine reality to even see where the joke is.

              They will not.
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        • Author by ponymeup (October 31, 2011 7:29 pm ET)
             
          Who would thumbs down Mickd's comment? It is totally on the mark. Not a word about massive heat and drought in Texas. They wouldn't want to risk making Perry look bad I guess.
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          • Author by kamrom (November 01, 2011 8:52 pm ET)
               
            I dont know, but it was because he intetnionally insulted the state, using the phrase "tex-ass." Which earns him a downrank. Offensive for the sake of being offensive and maligning an entire group arbitrarily isnt generally considerd proper debating style.
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    • Author by politeradical (October 30, 2011 2:29 pm ET)
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      Fox treats Gore like the grouchy old guy who runs the haunted amusement park. He must get a laugh out of it. Like he's secretly running around with a cigarette lighter heating the planet up.

      Fox News is like comfort food for low information morons.
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      • Author by kamrom (November 01, 2011 8:53 pm ET)
           
        Ah, Fox Science. The most bizarre things anyone has ever said. Even blood letting back in the day had SOME benefits, even though not many. Fox actually promotes people turning into gaggles of idiots...Well, thats assuming their audience isnt already. which is a pretty big stretch i admit.
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    • Author by nixter (October 30, 2011 2:30 pm ET)
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      Is there anything they don't steal from Drudge Report and make it look like theirs ? Same picture and all.
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    • Author by Digitbig (October 30, 2011 2:44 pm ET)
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      In which Fox still acts like Al Gore is the grand poo-bah of climate science.
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      • Author by politeradical (October 30, 2011 2:48 pm ET)
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        Or Bugs Bunny to their Elmer Fudd lol
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      • Author by LittleFuzzy (October 30, 2011 11:22 pm ET)
           
        Since they are RW Authoritarian Followers, they NEED a leader to think for them. Therefore, every movement must have a leader (even OWS, but they haven't found a person to designate as such).

        Since the leader must be an exemplar of the movement, every mis-step by him/her reflects on the movement.

        Al Gore is the RWAF-designated "leader" of Global Climate Change, so his every flight is panned. Also any deviation from the expectations of the right re: climate is his fault.

        Makes perfect sense, unless you live in the real world.
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        • Author by Progressive_IL (October 31, 2011 12:33 pm ET)
             
          Yet they deny that any of the stupid s**t that Palin, Bachmann, Limbaugh, etc. reflects badly on the Teabag-GOP in any way. Cognitive dissonance at its finest.
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    • Author by ThomasJH268 (October 30, 2011 2:54 pm ET)
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      FOXPAC, ladies and gentlemen.

      What they lack in honesty, integrity and journalistic ethics they make up for in pettiness
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      • Author by ponymeup (October 31, 2011 7:31 pm ET)
           
        When you want the best in the biz, you go with Foxpac. Who do we want to smear today? I dunno, pick a name out of the hat.
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    • Author by magnolialover (October 30, 2011 3:58 pm ET)
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      They really are small children aren't they?
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    • Author by mookworthjwilson (October 30, 2011 4:03 pm ET)
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      The stupid...it burns...
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    • Author by dazednamused (October 30, 2011 4:40 pm ET)
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      It's kind of a big rock we live on here, so it's quite amusing that a local weather system in the northeast United States somehow debunks the entire climate debate for the Fox crowd. Are people truly this willfully stupid? Blows the mind. And the gaskets. And the ... ah forget it.
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      • Author by ponymeup (October 31, 2011 7:33 pm ET)
           
        They are still peeved about the whole "Earth isn't flat" thing. So don't go there just yet. After their timeout they can come out and play again.
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    • Author by pete x tp (October 30, 2011 4:57 pm ET)
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      FUAX"News" whining about Al Gore every time it snows is more predictable than the snow itself. For those who need a one-stop source for debunking climate myths? Here's a link:

      Debunking deniers
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    • Author by fantagor (October 30, 2011 5:12 pm ET)
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      Not again with the "snow = no climate change" conclusions.

      Right wing sophistry has reached critical mass on this issue since Al Gore became the chief proponent and spokesperson for climate change.

      The sole reason the Right disregards the science is that they simply dislike Al Gore.

      If William F. Buckley had been at the vanguard of climate change, the Right would have bashed each other over the heads to be the first in line behind him.

      The Left would have been suspicious, but given that the core message originates from climate scientists, not Buckley himself, there would be no conflict on the Left in accepting him as its figure head.

      But as we observe time and again, with the Right, it is all about the messenger, not the message.

      Randy
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    • Author by somnambulist (October 30, 2011 5:28 pm ET)
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      As mentioned in a BBC article quoting someone from the National Weather Service--

      "This doesn't mean our winter is going to be terrible. You can't get any correlation from a two-day event".
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    • Author by WilliamP (October 30, 2011 6:17 pm ET)
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      Warmer weather means more moisture in the air. More moisture means more snow.
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      • Author by Jimijams (October 30, 2011 6:33 pm ET)
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        Quit using your first grade education! Fox News hasn't passed that grade yet.

        ;)p
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        • Author by danielsangeo (October 31, 2011 12:18 am ET)
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          Nuh uh! We've got chalkboards and everything!

          The teacher lets me cleaner the erasers. :)
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          • Author by Vesus (October 31, 2011 3:45 pm ET)
               
            Meanwhile, Fox news personalities are inhaling the chalk dust because Michelle Obama told them it's unhealthy.
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      • Author by ponymeup (October 31, 2011 7:35 pm ET)
           
        No it doesn't, no it doesn't! I can't hear you either. It means no climate change, period! Just subscribe to the Foxpac thing and you will get all these memos.
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    • Author by glenda76 (October 30, 2011 8:18 pm ET)
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      Actually this proves global climate change. When you have snow this heavy a month before you normally have measurable snow fall shows the climate is changing. In the area where I grew up in the Southern California mountains, we had snow from November through April. Now the snow doesn't hit until January. Also they are growing grapes and other vegetables that would not grow 10-20 years ago. The climate is changing..of course Fox won't.
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    • Author by beDecent (October 30, 2011 10:25 pm ET)
         
      Seriously??! IT WAS 81 DEGREES HERE THREE WEEKS AGO, and now a Nor'Easter. I can't believe people buy into this criticism.
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    • Author by neon desert (October 31, 2011 1:05 am ET)
         
      From the CDIAC:
      Trends in annual mean temperature anomalies for the globe show relatively stable temperatures from the beginning of the record through about 1910, with relatively rapid and steady warming through the early 1940s, followed by another period of relatively stable temperatures through the mid-1970s. From this point onward, another rapid rise similar to that in the earlier part of the century is observed. The year 2010 was tied with 2003 as the third warmest year in the global record (0.47°C above the 1961-1990 reference period mean), exceeded only by 1998 and 2005.
      ...but it snowed in New York in October, so that's all moot.
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    • Author by o rly (October 31, 2011 9:15 am ET)
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      lol, Fox is so predictable. Ignore the scorching summer weather, jump an Al Gore for snow. Hahahahaha.
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    • Author by nerzog (October 31, 2011 9:18 am ET)
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      I think several of us predicted this, back when the FOXtards were stone silent as we were sweltering under a heatwave this past summer. Of course, predicting this kind of hypocrisy is fairly easy with FOX, just like predicting that they will be whining about the "War on Christmas" again within a few weeks.

      One would think that their idiot viewers would eventually catch on, but one would be wrong.
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      • Author by Vesus (October 31, 2011 3:46 pm ET)
           
        One would think that their idiot viewers would eventually catch on, but one would be wrong.


        Fox news viewers have no desire to "catch on"...they're much more comfortable living in delusion.
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    • Author by scooter51 (October 31, 2011 1:37 pm ET)
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      do they not realize just how massively stupid they appear? I don't mean ignorant, I mean genuinely STUPID.
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      • Author by nerzog (October 31, 2011 2:46 pm ET)
           
        I think they know, but don't care because of their obscenely bloated paychecks.
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    • Author by PurpleState (October 31, 2011 5:43 pm ET)
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      "Treat Gore"?

      I think you guys at Fox meant "Trick or Treat, Gore!" You need the comma, or else it sounds like you are suggesting you either trick Gore or treat Gore (to a free dinner, perhaps).

      This speaks volumes about grammar and punctuation usage, as well as Fox's editorial staff.
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    • Author by okiepoli (November 01, 2011 11:55 am ET)
         
      Now that former Climate change skeptic Richard Muller has actually done the research, (Note - no more Kock paychecks for him) won't Fox report on this?

      <I didn't think so...>
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