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
