You mean these ideological misinformation hacks? <<Beck, Hannity falsely suggested Latif's presentation damages case for action against climate change
Beck: "[O]ne of the leading guys for the IPCC" has "just backed out and said, 'I was wrong.' " On his radio show, Beck falsely asserted that "the biggest guy they had to the IPCC [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] has just backed out and said, 'I was wrong.' ... This is the leading climate modeling guy for the IPCC." Beck further claimed that Latif "has backed out now and said, 'We were wrong. We're going into 30 years of cooling right now.' " Contributing editor Pat Gray added: "[H]e says that he's conceded that the Earth has not warmed for nearly a decade and that we are likely entering one or even two decades or more during which temperatures cool. I mean -- and then you couple that with the sunspot report that you were just talking about, and it's madness what they're trying to shove down our throats." Gray concluded: "And so, they know there's very little time and they've got this Copenhagen thing coming up, and they thought they'd have it all wrapped up by now." [Premiere Radio Networks' The Glenn Beck Program, 9/22/09]
Hannity: Ally in "global warming hysterical movement" "pulled the rug out." On his radio program, Hannity stated that "one of Al Gore's most prominent allies in this global warming hysterical movement has just pulled off -- pulled the rug out from the former vice president and now says the world more likely faces decades of global cooling." Citing Latif's World Climate Conference presentation, Hannity said Latif "argued that the Earth has not warmed for nearly a decade, and that we are likely entering one or even two decades during which temperatures actually cool." Hannity later added: "The science is not unchallenged; it is challenged. And even leading environmental extremists that have been, you know -- you know, sending out these dire warnings, they're now contradicting themselves." [Premiere Radio Networks' and ABC Radio Networks' The Sean Hannity Show, 9/22/09]
Latif: There are "fluctuations" within years and decades, but clear "long-term warming trend" is "manmade"
Presentation addressed "decadal variability," noting "we all believe that this long-term warming trend ... is manmade." Latif opened his presentation by stating: "What you see here is just the globally averaged temperature during the 20th century. And you can clearly identify the long-term warming trend, and we all believe that this long-term warming trend is anthropogenic in nature, is manmade. However, you see also a lot of fluctuations superimposed on this trend, interannual, as Tim has pointed out, but also decadal scale variations." Latif went on to discuss the "mechanisms" of decadal variability and the potential for predicting climate at the decadal timescale. [UN World Climate Conference -- 3, 8/31/09]
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