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Was 'Hottest Year on Record' Based on Phony Data?
NewsBusters ^ | January 8, 2013 | P.J. Gladnick

Posted on 01/08/2013 8:07:44 PM PST by PJ-Comix

Not Even Close: 2012 Was Hottest Ever in U.S.

So declared The New York Times in an article almost dripping with self-righteous jubilation. This sentiment was also echoed at the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, Reuters, and many other media outlets. But could they all end up eating globally warmed crow?

According to Anthony Watts of Watts Up With That? that is exactly what they might be forced to do. The source upon which this  "Hottest Ever" story is based is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). According to Watts' intensive research, it appears that the NCDC has been keeping two sets of data: one for public (and gullible MSM) consumption and the other the actual stats. Here is what Watts discovered:

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: agw; climatechange; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; hoax; hottestyear
Now wondering if all those media outlets will be forced to issue retractions. Gotta love the independent blogs that REALLY dig into the story behind the story in stark contrast to the gullible reporters who slurp up whatever bilge fed to them by the government.
1 posted on 01/08/2013 8:07:58 PM PST by PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix

Al Gore was disheartened to read this article. As he ages, not so gracefully, I may add, his dreams of seeing a runaway greenhouse effect in his lifetime are slowly being dashed.


2 posted on 01/08/2013 8:23:00 PM PST by SamAdams76
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Last week was coldest day here since 1928 and a year`s worth of snowfall in one day to boot- yup. it`s gullible warming, all right!


3 posted on 01/08/2013 8:24:31 PM PST by bunkerhill7 (o)
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Al Gore was disheartened to read this article. As he ages, not so gracefully, I may add, his dreams of seeing a runaway greenhouse effect in his lifetime are slowly being dashed.”

But Al Gore is running with a heap of green for his house, having sold out his country to Islamic hate of the West. The Democratic Party really picks the slime of the slime as its candidates. His having been VP boggles the mind...until we realize we have something even worse occupying the White House now. The Democratic Party no longer is on the side of America. When will the ethnic groups wake up and realize that they are being royally screwed, too.


4 posted on 01/08/2013 8:31:42 PM PST by Seeing More Clearly Now
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Now wondering if all those media outlets will be forced to issue retractions...

It would be a cold day in hell ...

5 posted on 01/08/2013 8:35:23 PM PST by GOPJ (Obama GAVE guns to Mexican drug lords...Now he wants to TAKE our guns? It's wrong.)
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To: PJ-Comix
This info was outed last week in anticipation of the upcoming propaganda scam. I literally laughed out loud when they led off the news this morning with the exact BS story that was pre-emptively debunked.
6 posted on 01/08/2013 8:36:43 PM PST by Dr.Deth
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You know something PJ? I don’t have to cick the link.
when it comes to investigating government propaganda nowadays i never have to click the link anymore.
These clowns....all of them are as transparent as Saran Wrap.


7 posted on 01/08/2013 8:39:31 PM PST by mowowie
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If you read through Watt’s original post, the skinny (as best as I can interpret it) is as follows: NOAA gathers monthly data from reporting stations, and before all the data is in, reports a “preliminary” average temperature for the continental US for a given time period.

Then, about two months later, when *all* the data has been collected and examined, they provide an official, updated value. Oddly enough, the revised data is almost always colder than the initial date that the press gloms onto.

So if I’m reading this stuff right, it’s almost like they’ve hired the same guys who do the unemployment figures (always revised upwards after the regime has gotten the best press they can out of crappy data) to do their “climate change” numbers.

I’ve been re-reading “1984”, and more and more I get the feeling that the MSM is quite happy to rely on Winston Smith and Ministry of Truth to do their reporting for them.


8 posted on 01/08/2013 8:45:01 PM PST by Stosh
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Lookout below!!!
9 posted on 01/08/2013 8:54:19 PM PST by SierraWasp (Conservative, constitutional & capitalistic thinking is the last refuge from pussy liberal thought!!)
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Now look out all over the place!!!
10 posted on 01/08/2013 9:00:49 PM PST by SierraWasp (Conservative, constitutional & capitalistic thinking is the last refuge from pussy liberal thought!!)
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Hottest year on record, by far even. Yet I don’t recall a single news item all last year of animals having to be rescued and treated because of the heat.

However yesterday I read about sea turtles in NC that were stunned by the cold weather and needed to be rescued and treated.


11 posted on 01/08/2013 10:12:27 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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"Al Gore was disheartened to read this article. As he ages, not so gracefully, I may add, his dreams of seeing a runaway greenhouse effect in his lifetime are slowly being dashed.”

I'm confident he'll manage to stay two scams ahead of the game.


12 posted on 01/09/2013 12:26:43 AM PST by clearcarbon
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Two sets of books are not exclusive to small businesses tired of being tax-raped; the left uses them all the time to further their agenda.


13 posted on 01/09/2013 9:04:14 AM PST by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed &water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW & FOREVER!)
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14 posted on 01/09/2013 12:14:53 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Happy New Year!)
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Someone forgot the tell these killer whales "Hottest year on record!" as they share the air in a small ice opening in the Hudson Bay.
15 posted on 01/09/2013 12:40:48 PM PST by DTogo (High time to bring back The Sons of Liberty !!)
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