A little while back, Rachel Maddow had Bill Nye the Science Guy on her show to talk about the "snowmageddon" in Washington D.C., and in the East and Midwest. The reason Nye was there was that many vocal right-wing bloviators had been using the snow as "evidence" that climate change (global warming) is a hoax. They've done everything but call for Al Gore's head.
Maddow used clips from the inexplicably popular FOX "News" host Glenn Beck's radio and television shows to help show what was being said. Maddow is being accused by Beck of selectively editing out sections of Beck's commentary. And in fact, the show did edit out a sort of "disclaimer" by Beck saying that one snowstorm doesn't disprove global warming. Maybe she should have put that in, I don't know. Because even though Beck did put that little asterisk in there, he has made the cold weather disproves global warming claim countless times, often without the asterisk. As have Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh and others.
But one thing you can't do? You can't complain that you were taken out of context while taking your accuser out of context. Which is what Beck does here. For evidence of that, come back in a little while when Maddow's side of the story is uploaded. I'll be doing "The Battle Continues" as soon as it is up, and will cross-link. For now, here is the Beck side.
UPDATE: Here is the link to Rachel's rebuttal. It's good.
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Glenn Beck Calls Rachel Maddow 'Dishonest' 'Propaganda'
Conservative talk radio host Glenn Beck has struck back at Rachel Maddow for her gross misrepresentation of his position on global warming by calling her a dishonest purveyor of propaganda. . .
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