Mainstream Media Omits Climate Change Mission from Antarctica Ship Rescue
Global warming experts adrift in Antarctica since Christmas have finally been rescued, as the valiant efforts to save the Russian ship Akademik Shokalskiy were documented throughout the mainstream media.
Yet one major detail – what the ship was doing in Antarctica at all – seems to have eluded almost every major media outlet.Breitbart News previously reported that the New York Times's account of how the Russian ship was finally freed from a large chunk of ice after attempts by a Chinese icebreaker failed mysteriously omitted the original purpose of having 25 professors on board a ship in Antarctica in the first place.
However, the Times was not anywhere near alone in covering only the details of the rescue without any look into why the crew needed rescuing.
CNN's earlier reports on the ship coincide with this week's news that the crew on the ship was finally saved by an American icebreaker ship, both mentioning that the crew onboard the Akademik Shokalskiy were, indeed, "on a climate change research ship." It stands out among media sources in pointing this out. The Associated Press, for example, mentions only that the Akademik Shokalskiy was a "research ship." The Washington Post version of the AP story claims the ship was in Antarctica "re-creating Australian explorer Douglas Mawson’s 1911-13 voyage to Antarctica." NBC News went with this story, too, as did Reuters – omitting any mention of climate change research. ABC News went with no mention of any motive for the ship's being down in the Antarctic at all.
Not every media outlet merely reported a straight story without that key fact; some attempted to find new angles to the story that distracted from the purpose of the voyage and the tragedy that befell it – during Antarctica's summertime, no less – and the terrible optics these implied for the climate change lobby. USA Today, for example, wondered whether there would be any impact on the Antarctic tourist cruise industry thanks to the media's covering a ship stuck in the region (it concluded that no, no cruise companies seem to be worrying about this). National Geographic went with the very bizarre twist of emphasizing the American rescue ship's horsepower compared both to the Russian ship and its initial Chinese icebreaker savior, admiring the sheer power to break ice of such a ship.
Only publications with "conservative" reputations like the New York Post and the Boston Herald addressed the climate change angle of the story. The Herald ran an editorial hoping that the incident would increase awareness of the continued growth of Antarctica's polar ice caps, a fact contrary to much global warming speculation. The Post also mentioned the record-breaking ice in Antarctica's summer and highlighted the ship's goal to document the hypothetical record-breaking melting the scientists expected to find.
The Akademik Shokalskiy first sent out its distress call that it was stuck in ice on Christmas morning and has been lodged there ever since until finally having its passengers saved this week. The Snow Dragon, a Chinese icebreaker, moved closer to the Akademik Shokalskiy but, rather than managing to break a path through which it could escape, the icebreaker got stuck itself. A helicopter the ship brought with it did manage to take some passengers out of the Akademik Shokalskiy before the full rescue. An American vessel, the Polar Star, arrived this week from Australia and is in the process of returning the passengers to Tasmania, where they are expected by mid-January. The ships themselves remain lodged in ice.
Climate Change Groups Seek New Leadership as Green Movement Loses Momentum
It is unclear exactly why many climate change organizations are installing new executives, but it appears they are following the professional sports paradigm: When a team loses more than it wins, you can’t fire all the players, but you can fire the coach.
In the last decade the environmentalist have peddled harsh laws to install climate change strategies. However, many of these laws don’t pass, and new regulations fail to get traction. With global warming at a standstill for most of the last two decades and – much to Al Gore’s chagrin – plenty of ice still on the polar caps, more green groups are firing their CEO’s.Next to go is Maggie Fox, president and CEO of the Al Gore-founded Climate Reality Project, who will be gone in the Spring. The group was previously called the Alliance for Climate Protection and was part of the unsuccessful environmental movement’s drive to enact cap-and-trade legislation in 2009-10.Two other large U.S. environmental companies are giving the boot to their leaders. National Wildlife Federation President and CEO Larry Schweiger is leaving in May, and Natural Resources Defense Council President Frances Beinecke is also parting ways with his group in 2014.
Frank O'Donnell, president of Clean Air Watch, defended the changing of the guard. "It happens in every profession," he said; "An older generation gives way to a new one. In this case, a new generation of leaders needs to step up." However, this logic doesn’t fully explain why Greenpeace USA is canning Executive Director Phil Radford who is only in his late 30s, a clear member of that younger generation.
Republicans throw weight behind March for Life: RNC delays annual meeting so members can attend
WASHINGTON, D.C., January 6, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com)
– In a move that boosts social conservatives in an election year, the
Chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC) has announced that
he is delaying the RNC's annual winter meeting so he and others can
attend the March for Life.
The Washington Times reports that approximately 20 of the 168 members of the RNC were planning to attend the March before Preibus' announcement. With Preibus' backing, the RNC is now renting buses to take attendees from downtown D.C. to the March, which takes place on Capitol Hill.
“I saw that there was a real interest among a significant portion of our members to attend and support the Rally for Life,” Priebus said
in an email to The Times. “This is a core principle of our party. It
was natural for me to support our members and our principles.”
The Republican Party has faced infighting between fiscal and social conservatives for several years. But despite this, according to RNC Deputy Press Secretary Raffi Williams, observers should not be surprised by the Chairman's decision. “The Republican Party will always be home for Americans who believe in social conservative issues,” he told LifeSiteNews.com in an e-mail.
This is the first time in years that the RNC has had its winter meeting in D.C. The meeting will now be delayed by a few hours on the first day. Williams said that “[the RNC] thought it only fitting for our members to attend the March to take part in the fight for the unborn.” The meeting will last four days.
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The Times cited several members of the RNC who were influential in Preibus’s decision. Missouri GOP Chairman Ed Martin said that “[w]hen Reince got wind of what members were planning on their own, he emailed that he would shift our RNC schedule so we could attend...” Oklahoma member Carolyn McLarty said the change has its origins in an e-mail RNC member Kathy Hayden of Virginia sent to attendees about the March “about a week ago.” “Things have snowballed from there,” she said.
In a public statement, March for Life President Jeanne Monahan said her organization was “pleased that...Chairman Reince Priebus recognizes the importance of the life issue and has given it priority in the Committee's calendar.” She encouraged attendees “to show their support for life, and in particular for adoption, the theme of this year's event.”
The March for Life has taken place for 40 years, typically on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Hundreds of thousands usually participate in the annual event.
The Washington Times reports that approximately 20 of the 168 members of the RNC were planning to attend the March before Preibus' announcement. With Preibus' backing, the RNC is now renting buses to take attendees from downtown D.C. to the March, which takes place on Capitol Hill.
The Republican Party has faced infighting between fiscal and social conservatives for several years. But despite this, according to RNC Deputy Press Secretary Raffi Williams, observers should not be surprised by the Chairman's decision. “The Republican Party will always be home for Americans who believe in social conservative issues,” he told LifeSiteNews.com in an e-mail.
This is the first time in years that the RNC has had its winter meeting in D.C. The meeting will now be delayed by a few hours on the first day. Williams said that “[the RNC] thought it only fitting for our members to attend the March to take part in the fight for the unborn.” The meeting will last four days.
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The Times cited several members of the RNC who were influential in Preibus’s decision. Missouri GOP Chairman Ed Martin said that “[w]hen Reince got wind of what members were planning on their own, he emailed that he would shift our RNC schedule so we could attend...” Oklahoma member Carolyn McLarty said the change has its origins in an e-mail RNC member Kathy Hayden of Virginia sent to attendees about the March “about a week ago.” “Things have snowballed from there,” she said.
In a public statement, March for Life President Jeanne Monahan said her organization was “pleased that...Chairman Reince Priebus recognizes the importance of the life issue and has given it priority in the Committee's calendar.” She encouraged attendees “to show their support for life, and in particular for adoption, the theme of this year's event.”
The March for Life has taken place for 40 years, typically on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Hundreds of thousands usually participate in the annual event.
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