{"id":25897,"date":"2015-02-28T10:44:31","date_gmt":"2015-02-28T18:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=25897"},"modified":"2015-02-28T11:03:42","modified_gmt":"2015-02-28T19:03:42","slug":"is-rupert-murdoch-a-climate-change-denier-or-a-senile-old-schmuck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=25897","title":{"rendered":"Is Rupert Murdoch A Climate Change Denier Or A Senile Old Schmuck?"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the most frustrating features of our time is just how oblivious some people are to the advances in knowledge that our times provide. What could be more annoying than having to suffer fools who think that facts are debatable? And it’s bad enough when those encounters are with ignorant Tea Party clods, but the annoyance factor soars when the idiocy emanates from someone who is considered to be accomplished, intelligent and\/or educated.<\/p>\n

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Which brings us to the CEO of the media empire that controls (and distorts) much of the world’s news. It would be hard to portray Rupert Murdoch as an ignorant man. He is a billionaire who built a small Australian billboard advertising company into an international news and entertainment conglomerate. So what would possess him to tweet this chunk of hogwash<\/a> yesterday?<\/p>\n

“Just flying over N Atlantic 300 miles of ice. Global warming!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The inherent stupidity of that thought transcends reason. Murdoch, it is assumed, knows that it is currently winter, a seasonal phase that generally produces icy conditions in the northern hemisphere. The fact that some portion of the ocean is frozen over in February is not particularly surprising to most people with an IQ higher than the temperature. Murdoch is seriously expressing a concept that Stephen Colbert brilliantly articulated as a joke<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“Global warming isn’t real because I was cold today! Also great news: World hunger is over because I just ate.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But the dumbness factor is not even over for Murdoch. His observation of an icy Atlantic Ocean was made without any context whatsoever. Why does he think it is significant that there is 300 miles of ice? His inference is that there is more than enough ice to disprove the overwhelming scientific consensus that the planet is warming. But he doesn’t seem to grasp the notion that the ice he is witnessing is actually far less than there was a few short years ago. What’s more, the global climate could increase incrementally but still be low enough for ice to form. If the sea temperature went from 28 degrees to 30 degrees there would still be ice in the sea, and the climate would still be warming.<\/p>\n

So what could lead a presumably intelligent person to make such an obviously idiotic statement? Especially when the same person has previously taken positions on climate change that were far more reasonable. Is it hypocrisy, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s? Murdoch has warned that Climate Change poses “a catastrophic threat,”<\/em> but also bragged about his companies achieving carbon neutrality. Simultaneously, his Fox News, and other international media outlets, have produced the most highly misinformed populations on this subject and many others. [See Global Climate Enemy Number One: Rupert Murdoch<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n

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The glaring contradictions in Murdoch’s public stance on these matters is cause for alarm. Not only is he doing immense damage to the gullible members of the public who ingest his propaganda, but he is exhibiting signs of mental failure that should worry his family. Of course, the problems associated with his personal health are limited to those who care for him. However, his poisoning the minds of millions of people around the world is dangerously irresponsible. And just as troubling is the fact that he can do that in a manner that casts him as an imbecile, but so many people still buy into it. We are in big, friggin’ trouble if this keeps up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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