National media editor calls a blog al-Jazeera and it's lead the

August 23, 2006 11:38 PM

National print editor calls a blog the "al-Jazeera of climate theory" and the blogger the "Imam"... in the times we are in right now for someone to compare a blog to al-Jazeera, coupled with calling the blogger the "Imam" is, well, there are many terms to typify what it is, and maybe it is best left to the metafilter community to decide. We aren't talking about a tiny community newspaper outlet here, we are talking about an editor at a very large national newspaper!. I'm sick and tired of such ignorance.
posted by jacob hauser (22 comments total)

Well, duh. We can all be sure that brown people have fabricated global warming.

Because they sure stand to benefit from the vilification of the product they sell to us.
posted by sourwookie at 11:51 PM on August 23, 2006

But, for the love of god, let's not vilify the consumer.
posted by sourwookie at 12:04 AM on August 24, 2006

Never thought of it that way... um, was that sarcasm?
posted by jacob hauser at 12:09 AM on August 24, 2006

uh.....yep.
posted by sourwookie at 12:18 AM on August 24, 2006

sweet, doesn't come across in text that well.
posted by jacob hauser at 12:20 AM on August 24, 2006

How can canada have a national paper when it isn't a real nation?
posted by delmoi at 12:28 AM on August 24, 2006

Nice... how's it not a nation, we have a flag and everything. But seriously, it doesn't matter the nation, stufff like this shouldn't fly anywhere.
posted by jacob hauser at 12:31 AM on August 24, 2006

Why "manipulation?" Am I naive to think that someone would knowingly juxtapose terror with the muslim faith... I can't fathom anyone who is not ignorant doing so.
posted by jacob hauser at 12:38 AM on August 24, 2006

This is going great!
posted by sklero at 12:47 AM on August 24, 2006

jacob, I'm not sure I get your outrage here.
Are you upset because he insulted these scientists by calling them fundamentalist or (gasp!) federal civil servants?
Or are you upset because he appears to be likening fundamentalism (or even terror) to the Islamic faith?
posted by sour cream at 12:48 AM on August 24, 2006

I think jacob's just upset that he typed his real name in when he signed up instead of MissPrettybuns.

No seriously dude, I'm on your side. It sucks. But I don't really give a fuck what journalists think about climate change because they don't "get" science on the best of days, and it's better to ignore the anti-environmentalists and get on with the research in a neutral, non-pathetic-talking-point environment.
posted by Jimbob at 1:39 AM on August 24, 2006

Meh. Terence Corcoran has been questioning the existence of climate change since the moment he heard of it (which I believe was shortly before the Flood). If this is merely ignorance, it is a particularly willful sort.

Also, delmoi has been questioning the existence of Canada since the moment he heard of it. If this is ignorance -- oh, I see that he's from Iowa. I hereby dub him the al-Jazeera of Geography and the Imam of Ignorance. And MissPrettybuns, for good measure.
posted by Urban Hermit at 2:10 AM on August 24, 2006

This guy has misadverntently said that Global Warming is the facts. Al Jazeera reports on the Middle East better than any American paper bar the Christian Science Monitor.

Perhaps this guy is inadvertently saying that Global Warming is what is reported by people with good sources who understand the situation rather than by media afraid to challenge the authority of the US government.

Who would have given you better information about what was going to happen in Iraq? The Washington Times or Al Jazeera?
posted by sien at 2:42 AM on August 24, 2006

> "al-Jazeera of climate theory"

Speaking as the ayatolla of rock'n'rolla, I'm not sure I see the problem.
posted by jfuller at 3:39 AM on August 24, 2006

Yup, ingnorance is a pisser. Yet run-on sentences and lousy grammer really piss me off.
posted by gigbutt at 4:16 AM on August 24, 2006

Personally, I think you should've used the spellcheck.
posted by rxrfrx at 4:33 AM on August 24, 2006

Wow, that really was a rhetorical home run though, you've got to admit. It hits all the right xenophobic buttons without betraying the slightest concern for logical consistency.

I'm sure Ann Coulter is proud of him.
posted by hwestiii at 4:41 AM on August 24, 2006

Come on, the National Post isn't a real newspaper. Please.
posted by chunking express at 5:04 AM on August 24, 2006

Can I ask why you linked to a badly written blog post about Corcoran's piece rather than to the piece itself? Are you afraid to let us make up our own minds?
posted by languagehat at 5:27 AM on August 24, 2006

Labels help classify things for those who don't know any better. It's intentional and the National Post is happy to play along. Having said that, don't be such a Nanook of the North.
posted by furtive at 5:29 AM on August 24, 2006

Those pretty buns must get awfully cold up there *indicates warmness of own lap*
posted by fleacircus at 5:37 AM on August 24, 2006

well, there are many terms to typify what it is, and maybe it is best left to the metafilter community to decide.

Nothing is best left to the metafilter community to decide.

I'm sick and tired of such ignorance.

I'm glad you added that -- I might have wondered how you really felt.
posted by pardonyou? at 6:09 AM on August 24, 2006