Showing posts with label Truth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Truth. Show all posts

14 October 2012

Global Warming STOPPED 13 Years ago!

After all that fighting, all that questioning the data, questioning the science, and those who beleived more on faith than on fact, no we find that it was just all hot air  noise. Canards, anyone?  The arguement for control of CO2 or carbon emissions just does not hold H2O. It's time the financial scam was stopped, just like the warming has stopped.

Read More: Global Warming- FAIL

So this Met Office release is real news, right? Big time news that could affect millions, perhaps billions of lives, and the future of planet. Spread it around, the AG crowd won't.

03 April 2012

WAPO Nails it, NBC Tape Edit Distortion Apology Absolution

Goodness, NBC investigation completed, and, guess what, half an apology ensues. See it here:  NBC Apologizes (kind of) for deliberate tape distortion

Hey, newspeople, the first lesson you should have learned about reporting are the 5 W's: Who, What, Where, When, and WHY! So how does your investigation reporting fulfill the basic requirements of journalism?

Who? Fail! Not even a job title.
What? "production process error" Nope, too vague.
Where? Not even a continent named.
When? Sometime in the production process, between getting the tape and airing it.
Why? No explanation at all.

When will they ever learn?

Someone, a person, or human being, edited the tape, or was directed to edit the tape by someone, a human being, and specifically edited out portions of the sound track, in a studio located possibly located in an NBC production office, before the program lineup review by the production staff, most likely either to reinforce an editorial position of the production staff, or simply to titillate viewers and drive ratings. Of course, I am just guessing, based on just a bit of knowledge and experience in the broadcast industry, working for a reputable group.

A sad day indeed, to consider the present state of this once great broadcast media. I wonder what David Sarnoff would say today.
David Sarnoff   He did formulate Sarnoff's Law -  which states that the value of a broadcast network is proportional to the number of viewers. And he did say that "Competition brings out the best in products and the worst in people". But he also demanded truth and accuracy in the news, tolerated no overt or covert agenda in broadcast journalism on his network, then delivered the best news broadcast of the day. 

I guess there is a reason many of us fondly recall the golden years of Television.