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I noted earlier today some pushback by journalists against the media publishing as real journalism propaganda generated by climate alarmists who have financial incentive to promote fear.

From the “you must be $@*&! kidding” files, comes this story as if to prove my point: “Global Warming now shrinking sheep“

Really, they’re blaming a 5% reduction in the size of some wild sheep on a Scottish island on climate change. Hmmm…5% in wild animals. That must be easy to measure.

The last sentence in the “news” story is this: “Britain’s Natural Environment Research Council supported the research.” The NERC is one of the worst offenders in climate alarmism, with such statements on their web site as “The overwhelming consensus among climate change scientists is that human activities, particularly those producing greenhouse gases, are responsible for much of the climate change we’re seeing. The climate also changes naturally over time. This may account for some of the warming, but not all.” Ummmm…right. The climate might change just a tiny bit over time because of nature.

And “There is a danger that if societies do not drastically curb emissions this century we will reach a point when, even if we stop all emissions, the Earth will continue to warm.” If that’s true, doesn’t that argue directly against their prior claim that nature is only a modest factor?

You get the idea. the NERC is a British Algore. There is no research they would “support” which would not have a guaranteed outcome of blaming something on man-made global warming in an effort to increase their own funding.

I would bet lunch that the NERC also had a hand in drafting the press releases sent to the media about this “research". So while there may be a hint of “pushback” by journalists, it’s hardly universal. The media is still a tool of self-interested “scientists” who are creating the appearance of a crisis in order to further their careers. (No different than what politicians do!)