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100% of US Warming Is Due to NOAA Data Tampering

14 points by towndrunk 10y ago

davelnewton 10y ago
Lols.
- melling 10y ago
  Why are you laughing? This site gets displayed on the Drudge Report several times a month. In fact, I just checked and this story is there now in the left column: http://www.drudgereport.com http://www.drudgereport.com Millions of people read the site monthly.
  - davelnewton 10y ago
    I'm not sure why that matters; can you explain?
    - jrs235 10y ago
      Assuming you are laughing at this article because you think it's bogus, I believe melling is asking why you are laughing if millions of people are being exposed to misleading information. That's not what most would consider a laughing matter.
      - davelnewton 10y ago
        Ah. Ultimately, unfortunately, to me it ultimately is. Not the "Haha that's hilarious, he slipped on a banana!" kind, of course. But the pathetic lack of scientific education/knowledge in the general US population is laughable.
  - dragonwriter 10y ago
    > Why are you laughing? This site gets displayed on the Drudge Report several times a month. That is a negative indicator for its reliability. > Millions of people read the site monthly Yes, partisan propaganda masquerading as news is a thing that has been a problem.for human society for a long time, and for the internet nearly as long as it has been widely used, and Drudge is a well-known and powerful example of that.
gort 10y ago
Was this deleted (or heavily down-weighted) for disagreeing with some admin's politics? I'm pretty sure when I saw this it was on the front page, now it's totally disappeared, except from the "New" tab. [All these downvotes, but no reply. Am I wrong about this? If so, say so.]
- jrs235 10y ago
  You are probably getting down votes for insinuating a conspiracy that the admins/moderators are doing this. If it was deleted you'd see [dead] next to the title. I would assume a more benign reason: other HN readers are flagging it.
  - deleted 10y ago
    [deleted]
  - dang 10y ago
    [dead] doesn't indicate admin action either, at least not directly. It happens when either (a) a lot of users flagged the submission; (b) the site is banned; (c) the submitter is banned.
    - jrs235 10y ago
      Thanks for the clarification and info Dan.
- mcphage 10y ago
  This site has shown up repeatedly on HN, and always been dismissed due to bad science. Maybe this article is different, but who's going to bother wasting their time to find out?
  - throwaway4891a 10y ago
    Alt-right gonna keep shoveling billionaire propaganda and/or InfoWars/Unabomber beliefs onto every and any memetic channel, because shouting lies loud/often enough is sadly rewarded by changing sentiment in low-fact environments. (Doesn't really work so well on HN because of pervasive motivation for fact-challenging and argumentativeness.)
mcphage 10y ago
Damnit NOAA, stay out of my house! This summer was unbelievably hot; it's unforgivable to find out that it was all due to NOAA!

14 points by towndrunk 10y ago

davelnewton 10y ago

Lols.

melling 10y ago
Why are you laughing? This site gets displayed on the Drudge Report several times a month. In fact, I just checked and this story is there now in the left column: http://www.drudgereport.com http://www.drudgereport.com Millions of people read the site monthly.
- davelnewton 10y ago
  I'm not sure why that matters; can you explain?
  - jrs235 10y ago
    Assuming you are laughing at this article because you think it's bogus, I believe melling is asking why you are laughing if millions of people are being exposed to misleading information. That's not what most would consider a laughing matter.
    - davelnewton 10y ago
      Ah. Ultimately, unfortunately, to me it ultimately is. Not the "Haha that's hilarious, he slipped on a banana!" kind, of course. But the pathetic lack of scientific education/knowledge in the general US population is laughable.
- dragonwriter 10y ago
  > Why are you laughing? This site gets displayed on the Drudge Report several times a month. That is a negative indicator for its reliability. > Millions of people read the site monthly Yes, partisan propaganda masquerading as news is a thing that has been a problem.for human society for a long time, and for the internet nearly as long as it has been widely used, and Drudge is a well-known and powerful example of that.

gort 10y ago

Was this deleted (or heavily down-weighted) for disagreeing with some admin's politics? I'm pretty sure when I saw this it was on the front page, now it's totally disappeared, except from the "New" tab. [All these downvotes, but no reply. Am I wrong about this? If so, say so.]

jrs235 10y ago
You are probably getting down votes for insinuating a conspiracy that the admins/moderators are doing this. If it was deleted you'd see [dead] next to the title. I would assume a more benign reason: other HN readers are flagging it.
- deleted 10y ago
  [deleted]
- dang 10y ago
  [dead] doesn't indicate admin action either, at least not directly. It happens when either (a) a lot of users flagged the submission; (b) the site is banned; (c) the submitter is banned.
  - jrs235 10y ago
    Thanks for the clarification and info Dan.
mcphage 10y ago
This site has shown up repeatedly on HN, and always been dismissed due to bad science. Maybe this article is different, but who's going to bother wasting their time to find out?
- throwaway4891a 10y ago
  Alt-right gonna keep shoveling billionaire propaganda and/or InfoWars/Unabomber beliefs onto every and any memetic channel, because shouting lies loud/often enough is sadly rewarded by changing sentiment in low-fact environments. (Doesn't really work so well on HN because of pervasive motivation for fact-challenging and argumentativeness.)

mcphage 10y ago

Damnit NOAA, stay out of my house! This summer was unbelievably hot; it's unforgivable to find out that it was all due to NOAA!