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| Weather Channel Founder Blasts Weather Channel's Endorsement of Al Gore |
| 2008-03-04 |
| The Weather Channel has lost its way, according to John Coleman, who founded the channel in 1982. Coleman told an audience at the 2008 International Conference on Climate Change on March 3 in New York that he is highly critical of global warming alarmism. “The Weather Channel had great promise, and that’s all gone now because they’ve made every mistake in the book on what they’ve done and how they’ve done it and it’s very sad,” Coleman said. “It’s now for sale and there’s a new owner of The Weather Channel will be announced – several billion dollars having changed hands in the near future. Let’s hope the new owners can recapture the vision and stop reporting the traffic, telling us what to think and start giving us useful weather information.” The Weather Channel has been an outlet for global warming alarmism. In December 2006, The Weather Channel’s Heidi Cullen argued on her blog that weathercasters who had doubts about human influence on global warming should be punished with decertification by the American Meteorological Society. Coleman also told the audience his strategy for exposing what he called “the fraud of global warming.” He advocated suing those who sell carbon credits, which would force global warming alarmists to give a more honest account of the policies they propose. “[I] have a feeling this is the opening,” Coleman said. “If the lawyers will take the case – sue the people who sell carbon credits. That includes Al Gore. That lawsuit would get so much publicity, so much media attention. And as the experts went to the media stand to testify, I feel like that could become the vehicle to finally put some light on the fraud of global warming.” |
| Posted by:Punky Threang1071 |
| #10 hey Frank, don't rub the good weather in too much lol. Yeah I get the point nice easy job. I just got another foot and a half of snow here in Colorado. The wind blew the drifts pretty high too. Must be all of this global warming, this has been another worst year for cold and snow levels. I like the change of seasons, but am really looking forward to the warmer weather. |
| Posted by: Jan 2008-03-04 16:14 |
| #9 Actually, Frank, as I understand it, John actually retired from KUSI, and they've been running the same nightly forecast over and over. Since the weather's always the same (i.e., perfect), nobody is any the wiser. In San Diego, they put out a severe weather alert whenever the temperature drops to 68F or rises to 80F, since people there are not prepared for it. /just kidding |
| Posted by: Rambler in California 2008-03-04 15:03 |
| #8 Although he's on teh mark here, John HAS decided to take it easy in his golden years - he's a weatherman for KUSI here in San Diego. It doesn't get much easier :-) "late night/early morning low clouds and fog, clearing inland early and by mid morning on the coast - sunny, warm, and clear afternoon" just about covers 98% of the days |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-03-04 11:22 |
| #7 Local on the 8s and that's it. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2008-03-04 10:17 |
| #6 I'm all for suing these scammers. All of their "DATA" is made up facts and number padding. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-03-04 10:04 |
| #5 Mr Coleman, are you suggesting repossessing Big Al's shiny new Nobel medal before he's chained up and keel hauled off to the pen ? |
| Posted by: Woozle Elmeter 2907 2008-03-04 09:39 |
| #4 Like so many people Dr. Cullen's world view is clouded (pun intended) by her academic work. Her PhD thesis posited that the collapse of the Akkadian empire (circa 4 millenia ago) was related to a severe and long lasting drought. So she imagines herself as working to prevent a civilizational collapse due to climate change. Its touching but simpleminded. |
| Posted by: mhw 2008-03-04 08:50 |
| #3 IIRC the WC brought in a new personnel manager from of all places CNN [which makes it all so clear] who decided to 'spice' up the channel with mini cults of personality. That's when the promos started with 'featured' names. They went from information to entertainment selling out their core. Another fine moment in the never ending de-evolution of institutions under 'you know who' management. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-03-04 08:16 |
| #2 I loved the weather channel in the days when they reported the weather. I'll take John Hope over Heidi Cullen any day. Now it's a multiculti-AGW-feelgood mishmash of mostly entertainment with a tiny amount of meteorology thrown in. Hopefully the new owners will broom out the crap and rebuild the format into something more informative and stop trying to politic or entertain. Heidi Cullen needs to go back to academia where she belongs. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2008-03-04 06:24 |
| #1 is it me or does the whole liberal left movement seem to be falling apart at the seams? I'm not saying they can't win this next election because McCain is really weak and unpopular among conservatives. But it seems to me that the whole liberal agenda has been exposed as just a power-grab for selfish and sociopathic individuals and has seen its day. |
| Posted by: Crease Poodle1618 2008-03-04 06:19 |