Lies, Damned Lies, and Fox “News” (with apologies to Mark Twain)
I have recently seen an online video of an interview by a Fox “News” presenter of Piers Corbyn, an independent weather forecaster and activist on multiple issues, including anti-global warming, in the UK. I will not post a link to this video, because I do not want to grant it any bit of credibility in so doing. It is not so much Mr. Corbyn's statements that I object to, as Fox's irresponsible propagandizing in what should have been a news story on scientific issues. The title for the video clip was “Mocked Meterologist Gets Last Laugh” because, unlike the UK's Met Office – their equivalent to the National Weather Service – Mr. Corbyn predicted a very cold winter, “December through February inclusive”, to quote Mr. Corbyn. So, on the basis of just the first month, we are going to presume he will be correct for the entire winter? And, though Mr. Corbyn has making weather forecasts even before founding his “Weather Action” company in 1995 , Fox waits until this one mont
