Climategate

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Alright I was watching some Keith Olberman last night and MSNBC finally mentioned it. I guess Fox ran a piece that showed the John Stewart clip where he jokingly says Global Warming has been completely debunked. Well Fox convientely left out something Jon said immediately after that statement where he basically said that the whole covering up of key data just takes away some of the creditability of the “researchers”. So Olberman’s acknowledgment of the data cover up that discredits the Global Warming fundamentalist was only to call out Fox, not to mention that this is a serious current event.

Shows like O’Reilly and Hannity, or Olberman and Maddow obviously don’t break news and primarily report opinions. I would also guess most of their viewers are already well informed, or have already made up their mind supporting the ideals or values of the shows anchor, or are simply looking for a entertaining “news” program. So for Olberman to mention this doesn’t really count as reporting it, and not just because he only used it to attack Fox, but because of the style of his show (much like O’Reilly). During the 5-8 real news reporting this issue should be mentioned, because that is where true journalism is supposed to occur on the cable news networks (minus Chris Mathews).