OurPlanet http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/15015/all en 'Nightly News' Brings Alarmism Back http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/nightly-news-brings-alarmism-back <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/jeff-poor">Jeff Poor</a> </div> </div> </div> <p >Between the very cold winter in many places and everyone including Vanity Fair focused on the economic <a href="http://businessandmedia.org/articles/2009/20090406134617.aspx" />downturn</a>, many in the news media took a vacation from global warming alarmism. But on April 6, NBC brought the hype back with yet another story about the threat of melting ice caps.</p> <br /> <p >Anchor Brian Williams introduced an “Our Planet” segment by reminding viewers that the Obama administration was remaining active on the issue of climate change. </p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/nightly-news-brings-alarmism-back" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Environment alarmism AnneThompson arctic BrianWilliams ClimateChange GlobalWarming hype icecap icemelt NBC OurPlanet penguin polarbear polarregion VanityFair WorldWildlifeFund Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:57:45 +0000 admin 26867 at http://archive2.mrc.org