Matthew Sheffield attended today's Senate hearing on whether the media has over-hyped global warming. He has a report here. Given the apparent weakness of pro-global warming witnesses, it is hardly surprising that CNN editor Miles O'Brien fell asleep repeatedly:
In the committee room, it was striking to me just how inept that the global warming alarmists seem to be at making their arguments. While many scientists do indeed take the position that humans' carbon dioxide emissions do cause global warming, they and their political allies seemed quite poor at making their case.
Boxer provided the best example. She began her statement with a grab bag of short, context-less quotations from various businesses and government agencies about how global warming is a humongous problem that needs immediate action. Most of her quotes were from non-scientific groups and were not even about the subject of the media's coverage of climate change, the topic of the hearing.
It's always surprising how difficult it appears to be to argue something that is "such a foregone conclusion that no one even doubts it anymore." I'd be glued to this story if the media were actually covering it. Unfortunately it doesn't look like it's going to get much attention. Can there be any doubt it would be, though, if the "dangerous deniers" were getting their clocks cleaned?
Read Dan Gainor's testimony here. That's about all I can find. If anybody finds a transcript let me know.
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