New American Paradigm

The Global Warming "Debate"

Over the last 20 years or so a trend in journalism has begun to drive me really crazy. It's the confusion over objectivism and perpetuating a lie.

Journalists, not to be confused with the nitwits on cable tv, are supposed to present the facts... not their own bias. It's a difficult task but something the pros strive to do their entire career. Usually that means presenting the various sides of a debate as equally valid opinions so that their viewers and readers can make an informed decision of their own.

Unfortunately, when one side is favored by the facts, they still feel the need to present the alternative viewpoint. It's a bit like doing a story about life as an African American and feeling the need to interview the KKK to represent the "other side".  Sometimes there is no justifiable opposition... why pretend there is?

Don't Paint the White House Black

George Clinton fans will probably be the only ones who get the joke in that headline.  Clinton, of Parliament Funkadelic fame, had a brief comeback in the 90's that included the cut "Paint the White House Black".

Well it turns out that doing so would miss a simple solution to climate change.  Use of white paint in sunny areas would reflect so much sunlight away from the Earth's surface it would have the effect of taking all cars off the road for 19 years.