Tuesday, June 27, 2006
FREEZY AL
This week’s Continuing Crisis column for the Bulletin delights in the global chilling caused by Al Gore.
UPDATE. Gore’s chilling effect reduces movie audiences, too:
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore’s documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” has seen its ticket sales plummet after a promising start ...
The film dropped from its record $70,333 per play to $12,334 during its third week and its numbers have continued to fall as the film opens in smaller cities and suburbs across the country.
Brrrr! Via Jim Treacher. Meanwhile, an Associated Press attempt to maintain consensus is under threat:
The June 27, 2006 Associated Press (AP) article titled “Scientists OK Gore’s Movie for Accuracy” by Seth Borenstein raises some serious questions about AP’s bias and methodology.
AP chose to ignore the scores of scientists who have harshly criticized the science presented in former Vice President Al Gore’s movie “An Inconvenient Truth.”