Anthony Watts

Anthony Watts is a senior fellow for environment and climate at The Heartland Institute. Watts has been in the weather business both in front of, and behind the camera as an on-air television meteorologist since 1978, and currently does daily radio forecasts. He has created weather graphics presentation systems for television, specialized weather instrumentation, as well as co-authored peer-reviewed papers on climate issues. He operates the most viewed website in the world on climate, the award-winning website wattsupwiththat.com.
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Correct, WBUR, Many Climate Scientists Don’t Tell the Truth

An October 3, 2023 opinion piece by Barbara Moran at the WBUR (Boston) website has the headline “Many scientists don’t want to tell the truth about climate change. Here’s why.” Since human-caused climate change...
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No, Washington Post, Antarctica Didn’t Have the “Most Intense Heat Wave Ever Recorded”

On September 24th, 2023, Kasha Patel, a writer for The Washington Post (WaPo) created a story that is likely in the top 10 most false and egregious climate scare stories ever published. Titled, "Scientists...
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NOAA and the Media Continue to Misinform About Climate Change and Extreme Weather

The Scientific American, among other mainstreams media outlets, such as The New York Times and The Washington Post, are promoting claims made by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), that climate change is causing increased instances of extreme...
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Wrong, ABC News, Cities Aren’t the Forefront of Climate Change

A September 18th article by ABC News claims that “America's largest cities are at the forefront of climate change.” The article also claims: "Extreme heat is one of the most clearly recognized signals of...
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DeSantis is Right, New York Times, We Should all ‘Shrug Off the Threat’ of Catastrophic Climate Change

On September 8th, 2023, The New York Times (NYT) ran an article titled “DeSantis, Leading a State Menaced by Climate Change, Shrugs Off the Threat.” If DeSantis is, in fact, shrugging off the threat...
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Wrong, LA Times, There is No Evidence ‘Climate Change Boosts Risk of Explosive Wildfire Growth in California’

An article in The Los Angeles Times (LA Times) published on September 4, 2023 makes the claim that a study by a Berkeley think tank proves “Climate change has ratcheted up the risk of...
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Media Ignores Story of Unjustified Retraction of a Climate Skeptical Paper Due to Bullying

While many media outlets ran stories this week about a scientific paper suggesting that Penguin chicks in Antarctica are dying by the thousands (despite evidence suggesting they aren’t), the mainstream media ignored another story...
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Major Media Plans a Massive Collusion-fest to “Get their Stories Straight” on Climate Change

The Columbia Journalism School of New York City has announced a media seminar “Climate Changes Everything – Creating a Blueprint for Media Transformation” to be held September 21 and 22, 2023. The tagline for...
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