.
"The
assembled broadcasters, who were overwhelmingly white, male and shorter
than they appear on television."...
10/2/1997, "Clinton Nudges TV Forecasters On Warming," NY Times, James Bennet
"It was cloudy and cool outside the north portico
of the White House this morning....
Mr. Clinton invited more
than 100 national and local television forecasters to the White House
today for a chat with him and Vice President Al Gore and for briefings
on climate change from Government experts.
The Administration
hopes that the forecasters will influence public opinion on climate
change more than the journalists on the evening news; Clinton aides
complain that they pay scant attention to the issue.
''You, just
in the way you comment on the events that you cover, may have a real
effect on the American people,'' Mr. Clinton said this afternoon to
the
assembled broadcasters,
who were overwhelmingly white,
male and shorter
than they appear on television.
Playing host to the nation's
television weather forecasters was the most innovative step in a White
House campaign to rally public support for new binding global targets
for restricting greenhouse gases....
''I don't ask for you to advocate or do anything
outside of whatever your own convictions are,'' Mr. Clinton said this
afternoon, as the skies cleared and the East Room brightened. ''But I do
think it's very important, since you have more influence than anybody
does on how the American people think about this, that at least you know
what you believe and how you think we should proceed.''...
Some were careful to distance themselves from the White House's arguments.
Global
warming is ''a theory that is widely accepted, but it's still under
debate in the scientific community,'' Cecily Tynan told viewers of WPVI
in Philadelphia. ''Judging by the P.R. event that was orchestrated here,
it's certainly become a very hot topic in the Clinton Administration.''
But
other forecasters confessed to their viewers that they were thrilled to
be there. ''To be honest with you, I'm just like a little kid,'' said
Bob Kovachick of WNYT in Albany. After the camera stopped rolling, Mr.
Kovachick, like many of the other meteorologists, said that he intended
to return to the subject of global warming in broadcasts later tonight
and on Thursday....
Craig
Allen, the CBS morning weatherman, said he felt ''absolutely honored''
to be invited to the day's session....
Calling
the day a success, Michael D. McCurry, the White House press secretary,
said that the weathermen ''appreciated being treated as something other than airheads.'''
Mr. Clinton, who is planning to hold a
conference on climate change at Georgetown University on Monday, is not
expected to reveal his proposed emissions targets for another two or
three weeks....
''We really haven't heard what it is they expect us
to give up or change in our habits,'' Mr. Gaidica said. ''I mean
questions as simple as can we use the barbecue today or can we use the
Waverunner anymore.''"...via Rush Limbaugh
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
In 1997 Pres. Clinton met with 'overwhelmingly white' tv weatherpersons hoping they'd influence public opinion in favor of giving taxpayer dollars to millionaires and billionaires in the climate scare industry. Weathermen 'appreciated being treated as something other than airheads,' said Clinton Press Sec.
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