There’s been quite a bit of buzz lately about the plight of scientists trapped in Antarctic ice. But if you were relying purely on the MSM for news, you may very well have missed the fact that those scientists were climate change researchers. For some inexplicable reason, MSMers left that little detail out of their reports.
Trip back to land for rescued ship passengers in Antarctica on hold again over fears their rescue vessel could also get stuck in the ice.
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) January 3, 2014
CBS opted for the “passengers” designation as well:
Ship involved in Antarctica rescue faces trouble of its own http://t.co/MxSyRfJqL9
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 3, 2014
As did NBC, which also referred to the researchers as “voyagers”:
Antarctica drama part two? Icebreaker rescue ship now stuck in ice http://t.co/drfhmGzsfR
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 3, 2014
Even Fox News linked to an Associated Press report that revealed only that the “passengers” were scientists — but not what type of scientists they were:
UPDATE: Passengers rescued from icebound Antarctic ship http://t.co/Q2p2W0Hh06
— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 2, 2014
In fact, NewsBusters reported that between December 25 and January 2, only one out of 41 network morning and evening reports made any mention of the purpose of the expedition.
What’s up with that?
https://twitter.com/slymont/status/419105993948033024
https://twitter.com/RC5ipple/status/419153115745513472
Didn't you mean "global warming researchers" might get stuck in the ice (again), not "passengers"? @ABC7
— Malvenue (@Malvenue) January 3, 2014
@ABC7 Isn't doing propaganda boring? Burying DELICIOUS irony to protect those in power from "inconvenient" truth.
— Sitting Kitty (@bocabelo) January 3, 2014
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@ABC7 Hey ABC those are GW Alarmists being Hounded by Jack Frost across the Antarctic. You KNOW that, right?
Karma, Baby. Karma!!
— CoolCzech (@CoolCzech1) January 3, 2014
Do your job, media.
I'm struggling to think of another instance in which researchers being struck by something they said wouldn't happen wouldn't make the news.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) January 3, 2014
Even if the researcher was right, the "researcher predicts y; is struck by opposite of y" story is just too delicious.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) January 3, 2014
A criminologist claims that concealed carry laws lower shootings. He is shot while researching. Would the media ignore this story?
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) January 3, 2014
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