CNN’s media critic: Journalists shouldn’t ‘give equal time’ to global warming skeptics

CNN’s media critic: Journalists shouldn’t ‘give equal time’ to global warming skeptics. “Let’s begin with an important journalistic statement. Some stories don’t have two sides. Some stories are simply true. There’s no necessity to give equal time to the ‘other side.’ One of these is climate change.” “Journ0lists” trying to decide scientific truth is like fish trying to pedal bicycles.

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  • Since when is the MSM giving anything approaching equal time to those who find the whole case for Global Warming to be a crock?

  • Must be the fact that having to face the truth is something that they can not and do not want to do.

    Too bad, the wheels on the lying wagon are coming off and the more they try to lie to cover up the fact that global warming is a scam, the more it becomes clear that people are not believing them.

  • Of course they don't want to give 'critics' equal time, they don't want to have to go to all the trouble trying to spin the facts that the 'critics' will bring to light, and possibly, just possibly get through the tin-foil helmets that their viewers wear. *CLUTCH THE PEARLS*

    • What you said is true, but it now has become easier for me. Brian Stelter is not a serious man & I know not to trust anything he says. He has helped me out by saying what he means.

    • CLUTCH THE PEARLS
      *A new phrase among the gay Maryland circle.

      why the MDers got to be happy about?

      *urban dictionary

  • Looks like CNN and PMSNBC are in a contest to see who gets the coveted title of Ministry of Propaganda. One of the prerequisites is who can practice the most censorship.

  • "Some stories..."

    Hmmm... That's a plural. I wonder what else they think is "simply true"?

    "Sarah Palin is dumb!"
    "Communism is a great idea!"
    "Abortion is health care!"
    "Homosexuality is genetic!"
    "Religion causes wars!"
    And my favorite: "We're the news media, and we're totally objective!"