The Weather Channel has confronted news, opinion and commentary website Breitbart.com, after the conservative site used one of The Weather Channel's reports to suggest that climate change isn't real.
Breitbart, which used to be run by Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon, published an article online titled "Global Temperatures Plunge. Icy Silence from Climate Alarmists," in which the writer claimed that this year's news of global warming "wasn't science but propaganda" and said that the earth is cooling, not warming.
The article, published Nov. 30, included an embed of a weather report by meteorologist Kait Parker, who addressed Breitbart's claims in a video and written note Tuesday.
The announcement was titled "Note to Breitbart: Earth is not cooling, climate change is real and please stop using our video to mislead Americans."
"Last week, Breitbart.com published an article claiming that global warming was nothing but a scare, and global temperatures were actually falling," Parker said. "(The) problem is, they used a completely unrelated video about La Nina with my face in it to attempt to back their point.
"Here's the thing: Science doesn't care about your opinion. Cherry-picking and twisting the facts will not change the future nor the fact -- note, fact, not opinion -- that the earth is warming."
Parker launched into an explanation of the falsity of each of Breitbart's claims and concluded with a pointed message.
"Next time you're thinking about publishing a cherry-picked article, try consulting a scientist first. And to all my fellow scientists out there, let's make the facts louder than the opinions," she said.
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