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And you're a fan of Townhall? Newsweek is just a summarizer, but Townhall is a spin rag. Nobody claims that climate change starts fires (how can an increase in

And you're a fan of Townhall? Newsweek is just a summarizer, but Townhall is a spin rag. Nobody claims that climate change starts fires (how can an increase in temperature of a few degrees ignite a fire?) but that it makes the forest fire season longer in certain parts of the world. Your article sets up that strawman very prettily.

vuln 7y ago
> Nobody claims that climate change starts fires https://www.c2es.org/content/wildfires-and-climate-change/ https://www.c2es.org/content/wildfires-and-climate-change/ https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2912/satellite-data-record-shows-climate-changes-impact-on-fires/ https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2912/satellite-data-record-sho... https://www.npr.org/2020/01/04/793572196/how-climate-change-is-affecting-australias-fires https://www.npr.org/2020/01/04/793572196/how-climate-change-... https://www.npr.org/2020/01/04/793572196/how-climate-change-is-affecting-australias-fireshttps://www.npr.org/2020/01/04/793572196/how-climate-change-is-affecting-australias-fires https://www.npr.org/2020/01/04/793572196/how-climate-change-...
- takeda 7y ago
  I don't see these articles contradicting on what he said.
- legitster 7y ago
  > Hotter and drier conditions also set the stage for human-ignited fires. "In the Western U.S., people are accidentally igniting fires all the time," Randerson said. "But when we have a period of extreme weather, high temperatures, low humidity, then it’s more likely that typical outdoor activity might lead to an accidental fire that quickly gets out of control and becomes a large wildfire."
- lern_too_spel 7y ago
  Have you read any of the links you posted? None of them disagree with the part of my post you quoted.
sarcasmatwork 7y ago
You're misguided. Newsweek is not a summarizer. They make stories up. They push lies. They are right up there with CNN. Townhall is Conservative news, not right-wing like someone else said. Here is one from Townhall calling out Newsweeks recent lie: https://townhall.com/columnists/dennisprager/2020/01/07/newsweek-hits-a-new-low-n2559054 https://townhall.com/columnists/dennisprager/2020/01/07/news...
- lern_too_spel 7y ago
  The Newsweek headline is a direct quote from this Townhall article's author. In what way is that "mak[ing] stories up?" In order to get its summary of the Townhall author's quote correct, Newsweek even contacted him to ask about it: "Prager did not immediately respond to Newsweek's request for elaboration on his comments Tuesday afternoon." Instead, he decided to play the persecuted conservative game for the rubes who read Townhall.

vuln 7y ago

> Nobody claims that climate change starts fires https://www.c2es.org/content/wildfires-and-climate-change/ https://www.c2es.org/content/wildfires-and-climate-change/ https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2912/satellite-data-record-shows-climate-changes-impact-on-fires/ https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2912/satellite-data-record-sho... https://www.npr.org/2020/01/04/793572196/how-climate-change-is-affecting-australias-fires https://www.npr.org/2020/01/04/793572196/how-climate-change-... https://www.npr.org/2020/01/04/793572196/how-climate-change-is-affecting-australias-fireshttps://www.npr.org/2020/01/04/793572196/how-climate-change-is-affecting-australias-fires https://www.npr.org/2020/01/04/793572196/how-climate-change-...

takeda 7y ago
I don't see these articles contradicting on what he said.
legitster 7y ago
> Hotter and drier conditions also set the stage for human-ignited fires. "In the Western U.S., people are accidentally igniting fires all the time," Randerson said. "But when we have a period of extreme weather, high temperatures, low humidity, then it’s more likely that typical outdoor activity might lead to an accidental fire that quickly gets out of control and becomes a large wildfire."
lern_too_spel 7y ago
Have you read any of the links you posted? None of them disagree with the part of my post you quoted.

sarcasmatwork 7y ago

You're misguided. Newsweek is not a summarizer. They make stories up. They push lies. They are right up there with CNN. Townhall is Conservative news, not right-wing like someone else said. Here is one from Townhall calling out Newsweeks recent lie: https://townhall.com/columnists/dennisprager/2020/01/07/newsweek-hits-a-new-low-n2559054 https://townhall.com/columnists/dennisprager/2020/01/07/news...

lern_too_spel 7y ago
The Newsweek headline is a direct quote from this Townhall article's author. In what way is that "mak[ing] stories up?" In order to get its summary of the Townhall author's quote correct, Newsweek even contacted him to ask about it: "Prager did not immediately respond to Newsweek's request for elaboration on his comments Tuesday afternoon." Instead, he decided to play the persecuted conservative game for the rubes who read Townhall.