News Media Ties Earthquakes to Global Warming/Now Retracted

Thursday, June 19, 2008, 21:03
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In what seems to be a recent barrage of events tied to global warming, the mainstream media strikes again. This time, earthquakes have been tied to global warming. Yes. Earthquakes. The same earthquakes that were once blamed on plate tectonics are back - and stronger - thanks to global warming. MSNBC.com and Read More: CBSNews.com both brought out Dr. Tom Chalko, a member of a “university” that doesn’t even exist, to demonstrate how earthquakes have become stronger over the last 20 years. Maybe this is the mainstream media’s last push for global warming fear mongering before we start drilling domestically for oil?

UPDATE: (H/T: Tom Nelson) CBS has pulled the earthquake/global warming story, blaming it on the AP:

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