Libs are going bonkers this morning over a New York Times story that claimed a major study on climate change had been “leaked” to the paper because the authors were afraid that the Trump administration would suppress the findings:
Not fake news. https://t.co/sKMoAHbblG
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) August 8, 2017
Nytimes says report on climate change leaked because source worried Trump admin would suppress findings https://t.co/XhBZRi5UvG
— Richard Engel (@RichardEngel) August 8, 2017
The original reporting claimed the document “has not yet been made public”:
FWIW I'm getting pushback for saying climate report "leaked." eg https://t.co/TIOwV5C5rI The @nytimes reported it hadn't "been made public." pic.twitter.com/dNL6MsWfU5
— John Upton (@johnupton) August 8, 2017
But, surprise! That’s a lie. The original document is publicly available:
Why (?) are reporters and the @nytimes and @washingtonpost lying about the climate report "leak" … what a joke. #FakeNews
— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) August 8, 2017
Instead, NY Times leak is example of "Streisand Effect" — highlighting the Nat'l Climate Assessment & making up conspiracy about censorship
— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) August 8, 2017
From Katharine Hayhoe, one of the scientists interviewed for the NYT article:
Good golly, BBC asked me if I leaked our climate sci report to the media. I said, NO–why bother?! It was publicly available during review.
— Prof. Katharine Hayhoe (@KHayhoe) August 8, 2017
Side-by-side comparison shows that @nytimes has public review version of our new climate sci report – so, no leak. It was available to all.
— Prof. Katharine Hayhoe (@KHayhoe) August 8, 2017
The 3rd Order Draft of Climate Science Special Report is still available via the National Academy of Sciences Public Access File, on request
— Prof. Katharine Hayhoe (@KHayhoe) August 8, 2017
Here is the link to request your own copy of the public review draft of the Climate Science Special Report: https://t.co/wLlqc0yBGM
— Prof. Katharine Hayhoe (@KHayhoe) August 8, 2017
But like most Fake News anti-Trump stories, it’s too late to reign in the lie:
WaPo plays along, claiming after NYT "broke" the story, they "subsequently obtained" report. Been public for months! https://t.co/9ZUI7zepQG pic.twitter.com/D355tq2Pgq
— Steve Everley (@saeverley) August 8, 2017
Trending on #PopSci: A leaked government report shows we're already experiencing the effects of climate change https://t.co/Zjd9ZN7gS2 pic.twitter.com/58gFDNlKGy
— Popular Science (@PopSci) August 8, 2017
climate change is real climate change is real climate change is real #WokeList https://t.co/n5RmHaCAzz
— Teen Vogue (@TeenVogue) August 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/amp6/status/894714795110346754
And as for the report, there’s really no reason the Trump administration would sit on it in the first place as it doesn’t take the alarmist view:
Why would Trump want to bury NC4 Climate Science Report with no news & will be forgotten/castigated as "too conservative" ? @RogerPielkeJr
— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) August 8, 2017
Draft report echoes IPCC AR4/AR5/SREX et al. on extreme events and that is conveniently forgotten by activists.
— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) August 8, 2017
Al Gore hardest hit:
Al Gore's movies do not accurately represent climate science of extreme events as outlined in Nat'l Academy Reports including leaked draft.
— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) August 8, 2017
Corrections for everyone!
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