Like most “traditionalists” or “conservatives”, I spend a lot of time bashing the “MSM”, or mainstream media, for their institutionalized bias in favor of demonstrably “progressive” or “leftist” causes. One of these is, of course, the pet issue to many socialists and anticapitalists - Global Warming.

What I’d come to expect in the last few years from the MSM was essentially non-stop coverage of this (non)issue from the “pro-warming”, or alarmist perspective. Being capable of remembering (if barely) the “global cooling” alarmism the MSM attempted to sell in the 70’s - 80’s helped keep me sceptical of warming, and to date, I’ve yet to see anything convincing me that this latest crisis amounts to much more than sheet-clad Christians, standing on a hilltop, awaiting the Apocalypse.

However, I didn’t really write this to rail against global warming hysteria.

Why I’m writing is that I continue to be (pleasantly) surprised by the amount of media attention being paid, by major outlets, to warming sceptics. While, assuredly, the anti-capitalists in the “environmental movement” keep the global crisis meme circulating in the haziness of modern public consciousness, most reputable media outlets seem to be attempting to ensure that the “other side” has its fair say, in some sort of ethical attempt to actually provide balanced coverage of the issue and allow the public to make up its own mind (a standard, I should note, that most elected governments and the UN fail to meet).

Imagine that. If you consider yourself an independent thinker, you should be happy about this development. I certainly am.

To close, I’ll link you to an excellent essay from ABCnews.com:

From the Babylon of Gilgamesh to the post-Eden of Noah, every age has viewed climate change cataclysmically, as retribution for human greed and sinfulness.

In the 1970s, the fear was “global cooling.” The Christian Science Monitor then declaimed, “Warning: Earth’s climate is changing faster than even experts expect,” while The New York Times announced, “A major cooling of the climate is widely considered inevitable.” Sound familiar? Global warming represents the latest doom-laden “crisis,” one demanding sacrifice to Gaia for our wicked fossil-fuel-driven ways.

But neither history nor science bolsters such an apocalyptic faith.

Read the whole thing.

Update: More here.

Scientists who questioned mankind’s impact on climate change have received death threats and claim to have been shunned by the scientific community.

They say the debate on global warming has been “hijacked” by a powerful alliance of politicians, scientists and environmentalists who have stifled all questioning about the true environmental impact of carbon dioxide emissions.

Timothy Ball, a former climatology professor at the University of Winnipeg in Canada, has received five deaths threats by email since raising concerns about the degree to which man was affecting climate change.

“Western governments have pumped billions of dollars into careers and institutes and they feel threatened,” said the professor.

As always, follow the money.

More:

NY TIMES PLANS HIT ON GORE, NEWSROOM SOURCES TELL DRUDGE: ‘Scientists argue that Gore’s warnings are full of exaggerated claims and startling errors’… Reporter William Broad filing the story… Developing…

If you’ve lost the New York Times, Al, you’re well and truly fucked.