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February 3, 2009

Their is spin........Then there is lying

There is spin....




....then there is lying


Discover Orwell [Chris Horner]

An ICECAP reader e-mails its publisher, who kindly passed it along:

Subject: Discovery.com Newspeak

I found a Discovery Channel version of the AFP story “Earth’s Magnetic Field Changes Climate,” but they apparently decided the story was better with a different conclusion and so edited it to spin it 180 degrees the other way.

The original said the new Danish research findings “could challenge the notion that human emissions are responsible for global warming", but the Discovery version deleted that in favor of “that is unlikely to challenge the notion that human emissions are largely responsible for global warming.”

Oh. Apparently the wire service’s agreement allows for turning the substance of its stories on their head.

I wonder if there’s an illuminating, if internal e-mail chain precipitating this, as we’ve seen before.


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In case you can't or do not want to click on links here is the first paragraph of both stories. The first is the AFP original, the second siting AFP but changing the words, that is our modern day world, if it does not fit the agenda, then change it until it does.

Original AFP Story
The earth's magnetic field impacts climate: Danish study

Jan 12, 2009

COPENHAGEN (AFP) — The earth's climate has been significantly affected by the planet's magnetic field, according to a Danish study published Monday that could challenge the notion that human emissions are responsible for global warming.

Discovery Version
Earth's Magnetic Field Changes Climate
AFP

Jan. 13, 2009 -- The Earth's climate has been significantly affected by the planet's magnetic field, according to a Danish study published Monday that is unlikely to challenge the notion that human emissions are largely responsible for global warming.

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