Good Morning America weatherman and global warming alarmist Sam Champion
asserted on Twitter [1] that
ClimateGate is "not reportable as such." This analyst queried him on the
site about why the morning show has completely ignored hacked E-mails showing
that some climate scientists are faking data on global warming.
On Wednesday, Champion Tweeted back [2]: "i kno
what u refer to! there is quite a controversy surrounding the veracity of that
stolen info...not reportable as such." [Grammar original to post.] Not
reportable as such? Whether or not one likes the story, the scientists are not
disputing that the hacked e-mails are
real [3]. And considering that one of the individuals accused of altering data
also contributed [4]
to a UN panel on climate change, how is this story "not reportable?"
In an earlier
response [5] on Twitter, Champion seemed confused about whether his program had
covered the subject: "hey scott..thot i did...we follow all climate
stories...arnd the world..ev day...and report fact based claims."
On Thursday, the ABC weatherman replied to MRC intern Mike Sargent. On the
subject of ClimateGate, Champion asserted [6], "WN did
ur story last nite!" Indeed, World
News [7] did look into the subject on Wednesday. Reporter David Wright saw the
scandal as an impediment to global warming legislation. He complained, "Just as
the world seems finally poised to do something about global warming, an
inconvenient scandal."
However, because some ABC programs (This Week also covered it) have reported
on ClimateGate, doesn't mean that Good Morning America gets a pass for ignoring
the story, three weeks after it broke.
Champion has a long history of global warming alarmism. On January 31, 2007 [8], he anchored a segment that
hyperventilated, "Will Billions Die from Global Warming? New Details on
Thirst and Hunger."
On February
8, 2008 [9], a terrified Champion hyperbolically speculated, "And now to our
series 'Global Warming: Global Warning.' Could global warming one day force
us into space to live?"
For those interested in Tweeting Champion about his comments, he can be
reached here [1].
-Scott Whitlock is a news analyst for the Media Research
Center.