NBC Affiliate Meteorologist Rips MSNBC for Apocalyptic Global Warming Special

NBC Universal and its networks have been criticized for the global warming alarmism it parades on a regular basis. However, now the criticism is coming from its own affiliates.

Prior to its April 26 airing on MSNBC, shows on NBC had been promoting the first part of the climate special "Future Earth" - an MSNBC program that used computer animation to show the possibilities of a polar icecap melting. That prompted Bill Steffen, a meteorologist for NBC's Grand Rapids, Mich. affiliate, to call out MSNBC for that special.

Steffen challenged several premises of "Future Earth: Journey to the End of the World," on his WoodTV.com blog... [snip]

The MSNBC special saying that ice in the Antarctic has actually been expanding and that polar ice melting alone would not cause sea level to rise as depicted in the "Future Earth."

"Keep in mind that if the Polar icecap (without Greenland) melted...it would hardly cause sea level to rise, because the icecap is currently displacing water in the Arctic Ocean," Steffen wrote.

Steffen also pointed out, as many others have, the financial stake NBC Universal's parent company General Electric (NYSE:GE) has invested in cap-and-trade becoming law.

"One last point, MSNBC is owned by General Electric," Steffen wrote. "GE is already making money off the issue with their Carbon Credit Master Card (link from ‘Treehugger,' no less). Here's CNN's story on the new credit card."

Steffen even showed how much GE has spent lobbying for environmental causes, originally reported by the Washington Examiner on March 3.

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