Posted on 01/22/2007 1:07:31 PM PST by devane617
WASHINGTON — The Weather Channel is standing by a staff climatologist who is taking some heat after blogging that TV weather forecasters who are skeptical man-made global warming should lose their professional certification. Climate expert Heidi Cullen defended herself last week in The Weather Channel One Degree Climate Change blog after questioning the fitness of meteorologists who disagree with her conclusions. "I've read all your comments saying I want to silence meteorologists who are skeptical of the science of global warming. That is not true," wrote Cullen, host of "The Climate Code with Dr. Heidi Cullen," a weekly global warming program on The Weather Channel. "The point of my post was never to stifle discussion. It was to raise it to a level that doesn't confuse science and politics. Freedom of scientific expression is essential." Cullen raised Cain last month when she suggested that the American Meteorological Society decertify meteorologists who don't warn about climate change. "If a meteorologist has an AMS Seal of Approval, which is used to confer legitimacy to TV meteorologists, then meteorologists have a responsibility to truly educate themselves on the science of global warming," Cullen wrote in the blog. "If a meteorologist can't speak to the fundamental science of climate change, then maybe the AMS shouldn't give them a seal of approval."
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Isn't like she couldn't take a bit of time in the beauty salon.
Looks like Dr. Cullen is taking a bit of heat!
Punny!
TWC should have a presenter from the opposite viewpoint. Nothing like a monopoly on unproven scientific gobbledygook.
She should shut up and thereby earn some carbon credits.
I hate to see the Weather Channel get caught up in politics. They provide a needed news service, and like my beliefs about news services, it should not be biases. They have enough to talk about by presenting the facts while staying away from a political agenda.
Taking a cue from Rosie and The Donald, Cullen has drawn attention to herself and her obscure show by being outrageous. So much for science.
"I hate to see the Weather Channel get caught up in politics."
Never forget it was Democrats who made the weather a political issue. Of course, it is partially Republicans' fault for not pointing their fingers and laughing every time a Democrat brought it up. ;-)
You can't keep liberals from destroying your lives. I say there are as big of an enemy as the Islamos.
Ouch, the mental picture.....
The WC should make Dr. Cullen the permanent Stand-Up Hurricane reporter.
Yes!
Current conditions are, slightly chilly here in the stuido...
"Dr. Cullen is a disingenuous fool, who managed to get her
tit caught in the wringer."
LOL! Couldn't have said it better myself ;D!
Wow. Must have been an Alberta Clipper moving through that studio. ;~))
Global warming? Looks like it is cold in that studio.
"FOXNEWS.COM HOME > POLITICS"
The fact that appears above the story is ample evidence that Fox takes this issue as political discussion in spite of Ms. Cullen's denials to that effect.
Science and politics can't mix without adulterating both.
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