polar melt http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/24503/all en NBC Documentary Ignores Skeptics, Insists ‘97 Percent’ Agree on Climate Change http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/nbc-documentary-ignores-skeptics-insists-97-percent-agree-climate-change <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Ann Curry links ‘extremes’ cold, heat, drought, fire and more to global warming in spite of scientists who disagree. </div> </div> </div> <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/sean-long">Sean Long</a> </div> </div> </div> <p dir="ltr">The “Green is Universal” network is at it again, warning about the threat of man-made climate change. Ann Curry’s latest NBC production, “Our Year of Extremes” was billed as a documentary even though it was thoroughly alarmist and ignored plenty of scientific disagreement.</p><p dir="ltr">In the hour-long program Curry, kept up the hype about a connection between “extreme” weather events and global warming, presented “controversial” science about ice melt and staved off skepticism with claims of a 97 percent “consensus” on the issue of climate change.</p><div class='signature'><p>— Sean Long is Staff Writer at the Media Research Center. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/@SeanLong717" target="_blank">Follow Sean Long on Twitter.</a></p></div><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/nbc-documentary-ignores-skeptics-insists-97-percent-agree-climate-change" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Climate Change Environment Media Politics 97 percent alarmist Ann Curry climate Climate Change consensus drought environment extreme weather Global Warming greenland heat ice melt NBC polar melt Roger Pielke Jr. Science scientific consensus Skeptics Weather Tue, 08 Apr 2014 19:30:56 +0000 julia.seymour 45956 at http://archive2.mrc.org