Comments on: You Call That Fact-Checking? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/21/you-call-that-fact-checking/ Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:13:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: The Yale Forum on Climate Change & The Media » Two Weeks of Intense Climate DialogueOver Columnist George Will’s Flawed Column http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/21/you-call-that-fact-checking/#comment-10127 The Yale Forum on Climate Change & The Media » Two Weeks of Intense Climate DialogueOver Columnist George Will’s Flawed Column Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:03:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/21/you-call-that-fact-checking/#comment-10127 [...] Discover Magazine Carl Zimmer 2/21/09 piece, “You Call That Fact Checking?“. [...] [...] Discover Magazine Carl Zimmer 2/21/09 piece, “You Call That Fact Checking?“. [...]

]]> By: George F. Will goes platinum « Greenfyre’s http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/21/you-call-that-fact-checking/#comment-10126 George F. Will goes platinum « Greenfyre’s Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:51:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/21/you-call-that-fact-checking/#comment-10126 [...] You Call That Fact-Checking? [...] [...] You Call That Fact-Checking? [...]

]]> By: George Will: Locked In Ice! | The Loom | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/21/you-call-that-fact-checking/#comment-10125 George Will: Locked In Ice! | The Loom | Discover Magazine Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:16:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/21/you-call-that-fact-checking/#comment-10125 [...] week I dedicated a few posts (1, 2, 3, 4) to a column by George Will on global warming as an example of why fact-checking is important. [...] [...] week I dedicated a few posts (1, 2, 3, 4) to a column by George Will on global warming as an example of why fact-checking is important. [...]

]]> By: Michael http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/21/you-call-that-fact-checking/#comment-10124 Michael Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:04:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/21/you-call-that-fact-checking/#comment-10124 Discover is just a SciAm wanna be so when SciAm went political and flushed science down the tubes, Discover went right after them Discover is just a SciAm wanna be so when SciAm went political and flushed science down the tubes, Discover went right after them

]]> By: Teri http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/21/you-call-that-fact-checking/#comment-10123 Teri Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:14:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/21/you-call-that-fact-checking/#comment-10123 I'm so glad someone finally said it!! Global warming is a huge scam!! HUGE SCAM!! Someone said, "Professor Brad Delong and Dean Baker in his “Beat the Press” blog have long pointed out the weird relationship that the the Washington Post has developed with the truth and dealing with basic facts that don’t fit the world view of its editorial page..." "world view of its editorial page"??? How about whether it's true or not?! Not whether it's a popular sentiment or not. Does the fact that there is carbon dioxide on Mars mean nothing to you people?? Hmmm.... last I heard, there were no humans on Mars. I’m so glad someone finally said it!! Global warming is a huge scam!! HUGE SCAM!! Someone said, “Professor Brad Delong and Dean Baker in his “Beat the Press” blog have long pointed out the weird relationship that the the Washington Post has developed with the truth and dealing with basic facts that don’t fit the world view of its editorial page…” “world view of its editorial page”??? How about whether it’s true or not?! Not whether it’s a popular sentiment or not. Does the fact that there is carbon dioxide on Mars mean nothing to you people?? Hmmm…. last I heard, there were no humans on Mars.

]]> By: James Saultz http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/21/you-call-that-fact-checking/#comment-10122 James Saultz Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:57:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/21/you-call-that-fact-checking/#comment-10122 This kinda juvenile "gotchaism" is exactly why I don't read trite little mags such as Discover any more. I would say Gotchaism journalism, but alas, it's obvious there is no journalism to be found anywhere among today's AGW fanatics. Just an intense desire to see dead humans... This kinda juvenile “gotchaism” is exactly why I don’t read trite little mags such as Discover any more. I would say Gotchaism journalism, but alas, it’s obvious there is no journalism to be found anywhere among today’s AGW fanatics. Just an intense desire to see dead humans…

]]> By: Mike M http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/21/you-call-that-fact-checking/#comment-10121 Mike M Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:55:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/21/you-call-that-fact-checking/#comment-10121 George Will said - "...the increase in sea ice has been the fastest change, either up or down, since 1979, when satellite record-keeping began. " That's ... TRUE! As for: ".. there is as much sea ice today as there was in 1979. If there is “global” warming it certainly is hiding very well. Perhaps it has gone underground, either shy of all of the media attention, or nervous about being found out that it’s nothing more than a fraud. " Okay, he got the year wrong, it should have been 1980 when there was 19.7E6 KM^2 in January; January 2009 was 19.9E6. For those of you from Rio Linda that is ONE PERCENT MORE global sea ice than 29 years ago! Human Caused Global Warming (AGW) Alarmism is a HUGE SCAM! George Will said – “…the increase in sea ice has been the fastest change, either up or down, since 1979, when satellite record-keeping began. ” That’s … TRUE!

As for: “.. there is as much sea ice today as there was in 1979. If there is “global” warming it certainly is hiding very well. Perhaps it has gone underground, either shy of all of the media attention, or nervous about being found out that it’s nothing more than a fraud. ”

Okay, he got the year wrong, it should have been 1980 when there was 19.7E6 KM^2 in January; January 2009 was 19.9E6. For those of you from Rio Linda that is ONE PERCENT MORE global sea ice than 29 years ago!

Human Caused Global Warming (AGW) Alarmism is a HUGE SCAM!

]]> By: Washington Post Ombudsman « Organizational Ombudsman Blog http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/21/you-call-that-fact-checking/#comment-10120 Washington Post Ombudsman « Organizational Ombudsman Blog Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:26:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/21/you-call-that-fact-checking/#comment-10120 [...] in the above paragraph.  It’s from Discover Magazine Science Blog, you can read it here.  It takes on the lack of or poor fact checking, but in reality it’s about what it’s [...] [...] in the above paragraph.  It’s from Discover Magazine Science Blog, you can read it here.  It takes on the lack of or poor fact checking, but in reality it’s about what it’s [...]

]]> By: Waiting for WaPo « The Way Things Break http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/21/you-call-that-fact-checking/#comment-10119 Waiting for WaPo « The Way Things Break Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:03:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/21/you-call-that-fact-checking/#comment-10119 [...] Carl Zimmer, The Loom/DiscoBlogs - You Call That Fact-Checking? [2/21/09] [...] [...] Carl Zimmer, The Loom/DiscoBlogs – You Call That Fact-Checking? [2/21/09] [...]

]]> By: Rickstersherpa http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/21/you-call-that-fact-checking/#comment-10118 Rickstersherpa Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:44:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/21/you-call-that-fact-checking/#comment-10118 Professor Brad Delong and Dean Baker in his "Beat the Press" blog have long pointed out the weird relationship that the Washington Post has developed with the truth and dealing with basic facts that don't fit the world view of its editorial page and the large number of conservative writers who find a home there. Professor Delong speaks of it as the Washington Post death spiral. Professor Brad Delong and Dean Baker in his “Beat the Press” blog have long pointed out the weird relationship that the Washington Post has developed with the truth and dealing with basic facts that don’t fit the world view of its editorial page and the large number of conservative writers who find a home there. Professor Delong speaks of it as the Washington Post death spiral.

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