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« The Waxman Hearing: Information Overload!! | Main | Go See Hurricane on the Bayou »

Hearing Report up at HuffingtonPost

Category: Politics and Science
Posted on: March 20, 2007 7:49 AM, by Chris C. Mooney

Finally my first reflection on yesterday's revealing hearing is up--at HuffingtonPost.com. I've been hoping to write there more frequently, and some of the material that came out yesterday was so juicy that I devoted an entire entry to it. I have merely pulled one of many threads from the latest hearing, but I think you'll enjoy it. Hint: It involves James Hansen and George Deutsch....

UPDATE: This is currently a top post at HuffingtonPost, there are already 23 comments, including a lot from conservatives who are slamming Hansen and have weirdly come up with some absolutely bizarre talking point about Hansen having given 1,400--that's right, 1,400--media interviews....um, maybe over the course of his whole lifetime, but certainly not lately. Check the comments out....

UPDATE II: DarkSyde over at Kos also blogs on this subject and links the post....

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Unfortunately, this story didn't get much attention on the national media. For instance, it was buried in a short story on page 4 of todays' Washington Post in their Washington in Brief section (the Washington Post web site did reference a couple of AP reports however). It did merit a substantial story on the New York Times web site however. I am afraid that the story is being overshadowed by administration misbehavior relative the the assistant attorney general firings.

Posted by: SLC | March 20, 2007 8:37 AM

Hey SLC (and others),
Feel free to crosspost at Huffington Post--indeed, anyone interested, head on over there where the comments have already started

Posted by: Chris Mooney | March 20, 2007 8:50 AM

For what it's worth, Chris, whenever I post on HuffPo it brings out a torrent of comments from 'wingers. I think there's a whole gang of them that pulled Troll Patrol duty there. It's a little freaky.

Posted by: David Roberts | March 20, 2007 12:46 PM

What are your thoughts about Dr. Spencer?

Posted by: Philip Parker | March 20, 2007 1:39 PM

Hansen has done 1400 interviews?

Let's see, even over his 30 year career, that would be about 47 per year.

If each interview took one hour (probably a very conservative estimate, particularly for a conservative interview where he has to keep repeating himself and correcting the interviewer's mis-characterizations), that means he spends over a week a year just giving interviews.

I wonder what his wife thinks of that.

Perhaps that's what they do instead of go on vacation: go to interviews.

Posted by: Dark Tent | March 20, 2007 3:17 PM


The story about NASA trying to downplay global warming has a funny aspect to it.

Chris, if you happen to be reading these comments, drop me an email.

Keith Henson
hkhenson(at)rogers(dot)com

Posted by: Keith Henson | March 21, 2007 11:35 AM

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