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The lamestream media told you:

The highly authoritative International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has determined that mankind is responsible for global warming. If massive changes aren’t made quickly, under international control, the planet may be doomed and life could become extinct.

The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that:

Accuracy In Media (AIM), the Wash., D.C.-based non-profit media watchdog, notes that the IPCC conclusions and policy recommendations have been released in advance of the scientific research. With the policy preceding the actual results, pressure is mounting to ensure that the science matches the announced plans.

AIM quotes noted Harvard physicist Lubos Motl on the decidedly unscientific approach, “In the past, scientists had to do their research before the implications for policymaking could have been derived.”

Measuring national coverage, AIM notes that The Washington Post did say that the science hasn’t been completed before the conclusions were heralded, in paragraph 20 of a 21 paragraph story. The New York Times waited until paragraph 40 (out of 44) to mention the same trivial detail.

Motl mockingly calls this, “the vastly superior post-modern scientific method.” The media calls it fair, balanced, ethical, unbiased, spin-free, news of record.

The variable output of the sun, considered by many to be the main driving force of Earth’s temperature, has been missing from “news” reports. Experts note that climate changes, because that’s what climate does.

Learn more about AIM’s efforts to hold the media accountable and how you might help too: www.aim.org.