Response to Gavin Schmidt - Global Data Base Issues Are Real

Gavin Schmidt wrote a hit piece on Tuesday night’s the Lou Dobbs show that featured a discussion of global cooling. He objected that he was the sole voice on the side on global warming. He said the piece was not fair and balanced. To Gavin and the other alarmists, it appears, a piece that is fair and balanced can make no mention of any other opinion except that carbon dioxide is causing global warming and action is needed now and will deliver gain and no pain, something the one sided media coverage has gotten them used to over the years.

Sam Champion Uses Freezing Cold to Tout Global Warming | NewsBusters.org

SAM CHAMPION: It feels like the coldest winter in years. And a report from NASA climate scientists says 2008 was the coolest year since 2000. But they caution this was caused in part by a cooling La Nina in the pacific and warn global warming is still playing an important part in our changing climate.

GAVIN SCHMIDT (Climate Scientist, NASA Goddard Inst. For Space Studies): And, so, it's a little bit difficult to talk about global warming when you're going to have the coldest day of the year. But you have to realize that weather isn't abolished just because there's a long-term trend in the climate.

WGAE Urges Obama Transition Team To Boost Public Broadcasting Funding

At this critical juncture in our nation’s history, adequate funding for public broadcasting is more important than ever,” Winship said in publicizing the meetings. “This will help stimulate the economy as well as deepen public discourse about such central issues of our time as climate change, globalization, diversity, and human rights.”