Just plain ignorance or faulty intellect, it is still a lie. ABC, CBS and NBC evening news shows hyped the California drought, describing it as unprecedented and the “worst drought on record.” But Dr. Martin Hoerling, a federal climate researcher, disagrees with that assessment. He said that the drought was consistent with previous California droughts. During 2014, the broadcast networks aired 53 stories on the California drought during their evening news programming. More than 60 percent of the time (32 stories) ABC, CBS and NBC emphasized how “historic” or record-breaking the California drought was. The word “historic” was used 15 times since Jan. 1. They falsely described the drought as unprecedented and worse than any California drought in memory, ignoring the mid-1970s drought.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 18:53:36 +0000
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