climate change might be a bit of an issue as we've had a very extreme
weather here in the united states of course knucklehead
conservatives a good cause Google work we would have got a cold outside over
that's not really how work to get extreme weather in both directions
if there is one person who's concerned about its secretary see John Kerry
speaking in Indonesia and meet some really
strong calm as he said in a sense climate change can now be considered
another weapon a mass destruction perhaps the world's most fearsome weapon
of mass destruction
now in Indonesia they have 17,000 islands so mobile home
so which could be underwater if this climate change continues
so he says to them Sun exaggeration to say that the entire way of life
the you live in love is that risk so within that context
compare it to a weapon of mass destruction is strong but understandable
um and then he has so it takes a shot at the people who disagree says we should
not allow a tiny minority of shoddy scientists in extreme ideologues
to compete with scientific fact so what are the good folks on television America
going to do
exactly that the court to allow some
I ideologues to compete with scientific fact so
now let me give you some context for this we're now course in 2014 in 2013
how did the Sunday talk shows do
in terms our coverage of climate change is an issue they give a total of 27
Minnesota topic
much his I believably low well
meet the press used to be the leader in this category so of course they must the
covered up more
you can see where this is going they covered it less
in fact be covered it 0 times they David
0 minutes in 0 seconds our coverage but that's ok because they're gonna fix it
in fact because of the extreme weather were pacing in america
all the shows box through Sunday and then
Face the Nation a this week with George Stephanopoulos
and meet the press all covered it this weekend
there was some good climate scientist on ABC and CBS
but meet the press one in a slightly different direction
David Gregory was excited he tweeted out plus only on meet the press.
debating climate change with Bill Nye the Science Guy and vice-chairman Energy
and Commerce Committee
Marsha Blackburn for small bill I is a great guy
I'm on as a guest as the young turk see smart is great
have but he's not a climate scientist cried
and Marsha Blackburn is night as a glottal hook global warming denier she's
proud of it
so what were they doing here two main props one
they're setting up a debate that appears to be 50-50 when
it is not fifty-fifty among the side is not remotely is about to show you
right second ball it sets up bill my for
attack to Marsha Blackburn's gonna do think you're not a crime site this
meant why they picked II he's good on TV
right he's gonna debating just have to be with the creation is that it really
well
so they thought rate okay we'll get some other good readings of that will have to
hold my
and he's he's the Science Guy get it and then he'll compete with
Marsha Blackburn in bill just duke it out now does that help in terms of the
audience getting to what is reality about climate change Matt secondary
cancer now why do I say that
let me give you the numbers the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change
concluded that there is a nine-b_ by pretty chant percent chance
that humans are responsible for global warming
ninety-five percent chance is not fifty 50 it's not the Science Guy versus
republican they're both legitimate I don't know loves
find out who's got the better argument was the better debater
great you like a Miss by that well maybe the scientists are split on it maybe
overall there ninety-five percent
confident but some scientists really you know
here's a big batch oven that disagree ninety 7.1 percent of climate research
papers agree that climate change is 'cause
by human activity not that it exists it clearly exists
nice 0.1 percent aka Miss its man made
okay I now like I said
a the other shows that had climb inside Tucson they did have
Governor Patrick ori on face the nation. a bill
a by Shea Bob Schieffer did hold his feet to the fire little bed
up but remember they govern Pat McCrory whose governor North Carolina which is
now facing extreme weather again
had said earlier quote global warming is in God's hands
so that expert was also on the Sunday talk shows well let's turn back to
Marsha Blackburn because
marcia well she's of course just
a person with that opinion on this and it's not like she's colored or
by any you the things she might be receiving
what would be the things she would be receiving albright
campaign donations from oil and gas companies
in fact there in her top three donors
the EVE her in 2013 2014
I thirty thousand five hundred dollars to
bribery I mean to impose our i mean
no to just help her run her campaigns because they both happen to coincidently
agree
they happen to be in the 2.9 percent of people who think that climate change
does not exist or is not man-made
im what a wild coincidence by the way to look at how
sheep these people are bought but I'm sure meet the press brought that up
hey you get about forty thousand dollars in campaign donations just last year
right
from oil and gas companies no they didn't bring that up well that's weird
okay so instead this debate ensued first
Marsha Blackburn and I think that bill would probably agree with this neither
he nor I
are a climate scientist amy is an engineer an actor
I am a member of congress and what we have to do is look at the information
that we get from climate scientist is she said
there is not agreement around the fact I've
exactly what is causing this they are gonna debating
she's I QC who brought on an actor he doesn't know what he's talking about
but wait a minute did them thats meet the press's fault the crew brought on a
climate scientist
and bill my like I said a million times a great guy a smart guy is good
able in this debate at Centre a but she has to discredit them
here's what Meet the Press that ministers are answers well not all the
scientists agree to the technically that's true
2.9 percent other papers on agree ninety 7.1 percent among new
but technically they don't all agree fifty 50
so that bill Knight Strikes Back a what people are doing is introducing the idea
that scientific uncertainty
in this case about cold weather events and what we call back east
are is the same as
uncertainty about the whole idea of climate change
and this is our unscientific it's no it's not logical and is
it is a away apparently that the fossil fuel industry
industry has dealt with a
our politics and this is not this is not good everybody
you don't this is not term you don't need a PhD in climate science understand
what's going on
that things that we have overwhelming evidence that climate is changing
that you cannot tie any one event to that is not the same as doubt about the
whole thing
see what happened there look again he makes good points is nothing wrong with
this points
but he's on the defense he say we don't need a PC in climate science to know
that
and she laughed like I free guide to you you know how to climb sides
wait a minute days and 11 percent got was I do still do agree
dunno I got here sorry right
and he's trying to explain all look because she had said earlier
does one weather event doesn't mean it's happening that's true
but that's not just one weather group Evette
it's a good accumulation up all of the evidence
and at one point even gregory did mention the debate he said look now to
be fair
a congresswoman Blackburn you so there is not a consensus among scientists and
there is a consensus a given credit for that little bit
but overall the scope of this what does the audience
audience sees a debate where
damage em they're not climate scientists there just watching a TV show
and it looks like half the people think this unhappy people think that
because although two people on my screen they disagreed it looks
50/50 when it's not 50-50