Maybe Dr William Gray should be "googled" and his comments read or is he the lone dissenting voice that obviously can't be believed?
Well, Eagle - I did exactly what you said ... and the ninth entry on the Google.co.uk search was this "Spinwatch" entry ...
http://www.spinwatch.org/content/view/3676/9/
which, if you look, shows that:
A new study by the Center for Media and Democracy says Americans are still being shown corporate public relations videos disguised as news reports on newscasts across the country. In April, the Center identified 77 stations using Video News Releases in their newscasts. The findings led to an investigation by the FCC. A follow-up study has found 10 of those stations are still airing VNRs today for a total of 46 stations in 22 states.
If you have a look at the "rush transcript" of the example given, there is good old Dr William Gray pointing out that he can't prove it's global warming increasing the hurricane frequency from just 20 years of satellite data. (Let's ignore whether you ever could - it's irrelevant).
The point is that TCS (the people who generated the Video News Release) was owned by the Republican lobbyist, DCI Group. TCS was also the recipient of a $95,000 grant from the oil giant ExxonMobil for, quote, "climate change support." yet this was
NEVER revealed by the broadcasters, who pass it off as news.
Nimby