THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2025
At Fox, she sent in the clowns: Friend, should Pope Leo XIV have shot off his mouth with all that crap about climate change—about the climate change hoax?
Last Thursday night, in prime time, Greg Gutfeld told millions of viewers that the answer was no, and Heather Zumarraga went along with his play. We know of zero reason to believe that either one of those people has the slightest idea about the current state of climate science or about the actual state of actual climate change.
In these ways, the CEO who tribal name is Sends in The Clowns gets her corporation's messaging out. Gutfeld adds to the enjoyment and fun with his endless stream of misogynist insults.
That's the way the Fox News Channel defrauds the American public. News orgs like the New York Times join in, refusing to report or discuss what happens on that channel' "news" programs.
That was the way the Fox News Channel reacted to the pope. This past Tuesday night, the PBS News Hour took a rather different approach to the question of climate science.
The News Hour didn't send in three flyweight comedians with the goal of scamming the world. Instead, the News Hour spoke to two major scientists. Its synopsis for the segment reads exactly like this:
Authors of ‘Science Under Siege’ warn of concerted effort to discredit science
From its embrace of dubious research about autism, its skepticism over vaccines and its wholesale rejection of the consensus about climate change, the Trump administration has set off alarm bells within the scientific community. William Brangham spoke with two prominent researchers about "Science Under Siege," their new book chronicling what they argue is a concerted war on science.
You can read the transcript or view the tape here. The segment dealt with several topics in addition to climate. The first Q-and-A went like this:
BRANGHAM (10/7/25): In their new book, our guests argue that we're living through a—quote —"anti-science superstorm," where a concerted group of global actors, billionaires, leaders of nation-states, and credentialed experts work to confuse and mislead the public about basic scientific principles, particularly around the twin crises of climate change and pandemic threats.
Their book is called "Science Under Siege," and its authors are familiar to "News Hour" viewers. Dr. Pete Hotez is the dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and professor of virology and microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine. And Michael Mann is presidential distinguished professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania.
Gentlemen, so nice to have you both here in person at the NewsHour.
I want to ask you both. In this book, you detail this, that, I mean, as far back as Galileo, there have been attacks on scientists and scientific understanding. Both of you, even with that knowledge, describe how you came into these, your respective fields, and still were in some way shocked at the level of vitriol directed against you.
And I wonder if you could just tell me a little bit about when you first recognized that that was coming at you.
MANN: Yes, thanks, William. It's great to be with you. And it goes back 2.5 decades for me.
Back in the late 1990s, my co-authors and I published the now well-known hockey stick curve that demonstrated how unprecedented the warming of the past century is, and it implicated human-caused climate change for the increase in the concentration of carbon pollution due to fossil fuel burning.
That was a threat to some powerful vested interests. And so they focused a whole lot of firepower on me to try to discredit me, to intimidate me, to get me fired from my job. And I will tell you, it was sort of like PTSD for me five years ago, when public health scientists like Peter and Tony Fauci found themselves under attack in precisely the same way, the same tactics, and even some of the same players.
And that's where Peter and I sort of started to interact. We became friends. Ultimately, that led to this collaboration.
At Fox, the CEO sends in the clowns, even including a former "wrestler" in the form of a bloated blowhard. At PBS, it was Dr. Hotez and Professor Mann, who admittedly arrived with a dearth of woman-hating jokes.
In our view, Gutfeld needs (and deserves) some help. We'll discuss that in greater detail over the next week or so.
Meanwhile, one last point:
When will Brangham report and discuss the Fox News Channel? How long does PBS plan to make this failing nation wait?
Michael Mann is a liar.
ReplyDeleteD.C. Superior Court Judge Alfred S. Irving sanctioned Mann and his attorneys on Wednesday for conduct “extraordinary in its scope, extent, and intent” during the trial and stated in his filing that Mann knew that he and his team provided the jury with false information about how much grant funding he truly missed out on due to the alleged defamation.
Mann and his lawyers “each knowingly made a false statement of fact to the Court and Dr. Mann knowingly participated in the falsehood, endeavoring to make the strongest case possible even if it required using erroneous and misleading information,” Irving wrote in the filing.
https://ijr.com/climate-scientist-who-sued-critics-for-defamation-misled-jury-judge-says/
False: https://www.desmog.com/2025/04/22/climate-scientist-michael-mann-fights-new-court-penalties-in-2024-defamation-trial/
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Karma
ReplyDeleteGrand jury indicts NY AG Letitia James on bank fraud charge in Virginia federal court
James successfully won a civil case last year against President Donald Trump over allegations of faulty business practices
The comey charge is bs. Does it matter to you if these charges are genuine, malicious?
DeleteWhy do I ask.
Maybe the Comey charges are BS. Maybe not. We will find out at the trial.
DeleteDoes malicious prosecution matter to you?
DeleteApparently not.
DeleteMalicious Prosecution has 3 aspects:
Delete(1) intentionally and maliciously instituting or pursuing (or causing to be instituted or pursued) a legal action (civil or criminal) that is (2) brought without probable cause and (3) dismissed in favor of the other party.
#1 is clear. #3 we will find out. #2 is questionable. Does Grand Jury approval constitute "probable cause"?
No.
DeleteJames falsely claimed that a home in Norfolk, Virginia, was her second residence, allowing her to obtain favorable loan terms, and that she rented the property to a family of three.
DeleteJames will face up to 30 years in prison and up to a $1 million fine on each count.
Tish has a big mouth, ran on weaponizing the justice system against Trump.
The terror of 30 years in prison couldn't happen to a more deserving criminal than Tish James.
After investigation, there is no evidence supporting this claim. Various DOJ attorneys refused to prosecute her because of that. So, then found someone who would and have cooked up an indictment. It will not stand inspection and will be dismissed by the judge. Meanwhile, Trump has "punished" James for doing her job and prosecuting Trump for his actual crimes, culminating in conviction. Trump is a crook, James is not. Trump is abusing his office to make life difficult for a person who did her job. That shouldn't be happening but it shows how Trump has corrupted our justice system.
DeleteHere is Schumer's statement on the indictment:
Delete"This is what tyranny looks like. President Trump is using the Justice Department as his personal attack dog, targeting Attorney General Tish James for the ‘crime’ of prosecuting him for fraud—and winning.
One U.S. Attorney already refused this case. So, Trump hand-picked an unqualified hack that would go after another political enemy. This isn’t justice. It’s revenge. And it should horrify every American who believes no one is above the law."
Excuse me but it was a "blue" grand jury that indicted Ms. James because she committed fraud.
DeleteThe grand jury barely indicted her based upon evidence presented to them selectively by the justice department. The prior prosecutor refused to file the case knowing that she had stated at multiple times in the application and in emails that the property would not be her primary residence. When such documents are presented at trial, the DoJ will look as foolish and their case will not stand up, as expected, per the prior prosecutor, who has now resigned.
DeleteDavid, what makes you think the charges against Comey will make it to trial?
DeleteThe Virginia DoJ office has 300 people. At Comey's arraignment the prosecutor Halligan needed the assistance of 2 other lawyers. They had to go all the way to North Carolina for these two lawyers to prop her up. There is the very legitimate question as to whether Halligan was legally appointed; if not, case dismissed and no retrial now beyond the statute of limiations. There is a memo signed by multiple DoJ lawyers stating there was no case that Fitzgerald, Comey's lawyer will demand. The legitimacy of the case also rests on whether Comey's testimony to Congress materially influenced their decisions, which needs to be the case for a conviction. Trump's email to Bondi will be evidence that the case is an example of retribution. In short, Bondi, Halligan and whoever else prosecutes this case are likely to look like buffoons before this is over.
Delete@12:09 - Are you saying that Comey may well have lied to Congress under oath, but for various reasons he will no be convicted of perjury?
DeleteNo, I am not. And I do not like Comey. This, and the James indictment are reprisals as Trump’s memo to his current AG stooge have made clear. Testimony by the leaker was that Comey was not involved but was told afterwards about it.
DeleteTrump has an enemies list.
DeleteI have a to-do list. Kamala Harris, Oct. 2024
Go fuck yourself, Dickhead.
Trump and the Republicans are using lawfare against James, Comey, and the kid from the Republican family who shot Charlie Kirk to death.
DeleteExpect them to also do so to anyone who isn't reverential enough to Kirk, who was a standard-issue Right-wing asshole.
A Florida Republican legislator has introduced a bill that would withhold funding from any publicly run university that does not name a street after Kirk. They are children.
DeleteAnd to think, there are still gullible fools out there who insist the Right are not the snowflakes they warned us about.
Delete“ the CEO who tribal name is Sends in The Clowns”
ReplyDeleteIt is in poor taste for Somerby to mock the tribal names of indigenous people this way. But he becomes more of an asshole every day. I expect this from the right, but not from fake bloggers pretending to be lefties, like Somerby.
Tribal does not imply 'Native Americans'.
Deletetribal names does
DeleteI keep hearing claims that Somerby is a Right-winger, but I have yet to see the proof he raped a pre-teen.
DeleteSomerby's misogyny paints him as at least, Right-wing curious.
Delete"In our view, Gutfeld needs (and deserves) some help. We'll discuss that in greater detail over the next week or so."
ReplyDeletePlease don't. You judge someone by their aspirations, measure them against their own goals. Gutfeld's are so low that they do not need any more attention.
From Gavin Newsom:
ReplyDelete"It's been over 9 months now. We've asked for federal disaster aid for months now and President Trump has said nothing. The Speaker of the House has said he’s not interested in helping the American people.
I was proud to have Speaker Johnson’s back when his district was devastated. I said the same thing to Governor Abbott as we sent him personnel in support -- because he needed it, given the devastation of the flood.
I find it shameful that they haven't done a damn thing for the thousands of people who lost their homes and whose lives were devastated by this disaster in California."
Meanwhile Somerby's main, perhaps only concern, is that Gutfeld tells stupid jokes. Aren't there more important events happening in our country? Doesn't it matter that our elected leaders (Mike Johnson, Donald Trump) are not doing their jobs for ALL of the people in all of the states?
Why is it OK for Trump and Johnson to deny recovery aid to those affected by these fires based on their voter registrations? And why does this not upset Somerby as much as Gutfeld's jokes about Joy Behar or the Pope?
Here is what actual humor looks like:
ReplyDelete"WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—After James Comey’s arraignment on Wednesday, experts warned that indicting everyone who has lied to Congress would dangerously overcrowd the nation’s prisons.
According to imprisonment expert Davis Logsdon of the University of Minnesota, “If we’re going to put all the people who lied to Congress in prison, we’re going to need a shit-ton more prisons.”
“You’re looking at mass incarceration on an unprecedented scale,” he cautioned.
One cost-efficient solution, he said, would be to repurpose the White House as a federal penitentiary since so many eventual inmates are already there."
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