Hype!

About the time Hurricane Katrina hit, I finally realized how over-hyped the media is. So to help counter-act this, I'm posting a few links to articles about certain issues today.

Global Warming
Check out Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.), the outgoing Chairman of Environment & Public Works Committee's, official report about global warming. It's interesting that this isn't reported on the news...
http://epw.senate.gov/repwhitepapers/6345050%20Hot%20&%20Cold%20Media.pdf
...and here from the Center for Science and Public Policy
http://ff.org/centers/csspp/pdf/20070201_monckton.pdf

Media Hype
Check out John Stossel's articles on media hype.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/03/the_media_likes_scaring_us_and.html
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/04/worry_about_the_right_things.html

There's not much in ratings when you talk about the common flu, less then predicted hurricanes, and a non-existent global scare.