Politico’s White House correspondent Glenn Thrush was one of the first out of the gate to politicize the killer tornado that hit Moore, Okla., earlier this month, noting how “striking” it was that the state’s two senators are a “federal spending skeptic” and a “climate change denier.” Thrush received some backlash for the timing of that observation if not the content, and today he’s wondering if there’s some sort of organized or even paid effort to troll those who tag every extreme weather event with the “climate change” label.
https://twitter.com/drgrist/status/339512164723335168
@GlennThrush Yes there is.
— Matt “Stay Home” McGovern (@MattMcGovern) May 28, 2013
Is there an organized Twitter effort to troll mentions of climate change in relation to extreme weather? Do firms/groups that do that?
— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) May 28, 2013
Is it possible that the science isn’t as settled as we’ve been made to believe? What shady firm was behind organizing these tweets?
https://twitter.com/Hypermutation/status/339512440721117185
https://twitter.com/Hypermutation/status/339512985091461121
https://twitter.com/Hypermutation/status/339513314927329280
https://twitter.com/Hypermutation/status/339513755278905344
https://twitter.com/Hypermutation/status/339514021403303936
But … the science!
https://twitter.com/Hypermutation/status/339514244112449536
https://twitter.com/Hypermutation/status/339522422480990208
@GlennThrush @jimmiebjr it's not an organized effort, just a highly sensitive BS meter inherent within it
— Robin Jackson this Boomer ain't buying it (@rjacksix) May 28, 2013
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