Behold (below) yet another “smoking gun” delineating the bias and lack of objectivity and integrity of the New York Times. The paper is the very model of a modern “dishonest waiter”, for all of its double standards, contradictions and hypocrisy goes one way: to advance progressive agendas and Axis propaganda. See?
Yet for years now, self-banned commenter “A Friend” has comment section-bombed Ethics Alarms with defenses of the New York Times when it is criticized here, usually with posts beginning with “Come on, Jack!” These get sent to EA Spam Hell when they show up as soon as I see them of course, each one putting “A Friend” even deeper on the black list than he already is.
Today, however, to show my love for all of this blog’s readers, even the trolls, deranged and assholes, I will offer a symbolic temporary suspension of “A Friend’s” ban, if he offers a sincere, rational, defense of the Times’ “Nah, There’s No Mainstream Media Bias!” performance in this case.
Can he (or anyone) rebut my conclusion that the Times, forever allying itself with climate change confirmation bias victims, has proven that it will contrive an argument that literally any occurrence, statistics or phenomena is proof of the dire effects of climate change according to “scientists,” which often means to the Axis media of which it is a charter member, “some old guy with a duck on his head holding the Bozo Chair in Chemistry at Itawamba Community College that we found after searching for a week.”?
The offer will stand for 48 hours.
I’m expecting great things.
Ethics Alarms 
i think the issue is a misunderstanding of the issue
Climate change raises the planet’s overall temperature, but it also messes with air patterns like the jet stream. So you can get odd warm winters some years because the baseline is hotter, and you can also get brutal cold snaps when Arctic air gets shoved south due to a wobbly atmosphere. One is the long-term warming trend, the other is short-term weather swinging around on top of it.
No, it’s a problem of stating theory and speculation as fact, and not accepting that weather and cliamte are distinct. Climate change fanatics used to say citing weather to disprove climate change was ignorant, but when people kept doing it, they pivoted to making the same arguments in reverse. In truth and logic, an anomaly doesn’t prove anything. This cold winter doesn’t prove the climate change is bunk, but “scientists” who try to argue that it proves the opposite just show how corrupt and untrustworthy they are. And people who rush to accept such crap prove how ignorant and gullible THEY are.
Pretty gross response Marissa. Sad.
Valid science is falsifiable. If a theory is not falsifiable, it is also unprovable. Climate science has rendered itself unfalsifiable by claiming that all possible permutations of weather are caused by climate change. Climate science is therefore unprovable and not a serious scientific theory. People who believe in anthropogenic climate change do so based on faith, not science. You have a right to believe in anthropogenic climate change, just as everyone else who believes in faith based beliefs. What you don’t have is a valid scientific theory for that faith. Attempting to force your beliefs on other people is just as wrong as trying to force any other faith based belief system on other people.
The…um…focused NYT made this…er…offer not quite eight (8) years ago (Spring 2018): They don’t do things halfway…they go ALL THE WAY AROUND the flippin’ World!
NYT Charters PRIVATE JET To Warn About Devastating Effects Of Fossil Fuel (NOTE: this trip has been dutifully memory-holed; perhaps A Friend might be of some assistance?)
For a mere $135 large (double-occupancy & carbon footprint be damned) Nicholas Kristof & assorted Climate Hypocrites will help you (bolds/caps mine throughout):
“CIRCLE THE GLOBE on an inspiring and informative journey by PRIVATE JET, created by The New York Times in collaboration with LUXURY TRAVEL PIONEERS ABERCROMBIE & KENT. This 26-DAY INTINERARY you beneath the surface of some of the WORLD’S MOST COMPELLING DESTINATIONS, illuminating them through the expertise of veteran Times journalists.
”Travel in a group of JUST 50 GUESTS, joined by some of THE TIMES’ MOST TRUSSTWORTHY JOURNALISTS and local contributors, who offer FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCES on the people and places that shape our world.
“Join a DEDICATED FLIGHT CREW aboard an EXCLUSIVELY CHARTERED BOEING 757 WITH FIRST CLASS, FULLY LIE-FLAT SEATS, accompanied by A&K’s top-notch Tour Directors and local experts, for AN AROUND-THE-WORLD-ADVENTURE LIKE NO OTHER.”
Can’t speak for anyone else….but they had me at FIRST CLASS, FULLY LIE-FLAT SEATS.
PWS
ERRATUM: Found a LINK and apologize for some misinformation.
It wasn’t $135,000 per person, it was $150,000.
PWS