Monday, January 14, 2008

Snow and cold: caught in the spin cycle

If it snows in Saudi Arabia , and the media fail to report it, did it really happen?

If it snows in Iraq, and the media do not report it, did it really happen?

If it snows in the middle of the South American summer, and the media do not report it, did it really happen?

If there is a mid-winter thaw in the East, but major snowfalls throughout the West of North America, what spin does the media put on the story?

If it's story on today's weather anywhere, and it alludes to climate change, it is spin. Climate is a long-term trend. Weather is day by day and seasonal.

But it is interesting that the spin is always in one direction: be afraid, be very afraid.