Before Hurricane Harvey even made landfall in Texas,Fox News was already whining about its coverage on CNN. In this case, the poutrage was over a CNN host daring to expect about the effect of climate change on the storm's intense rainfall.
The whining began with cohost Lisa Boothe: “You could see this coming. CNN didn’t wait long to bring up climate chance in its Hurricane Harvey coverage.” A clip was played of CNN’s John Berman asking Bill Read, and former director of National Hurricane middle,whether the intensity of the rain expected was connected to climate change. Read did not want to manufacture that conclusion: “This is not an uncommon occurrence to see storms grow and intensify rapidly in the western Gulf of Mexico,” he said. Boothe groused again, and this time to the lone liberal co-host,Juan Williams: “Juan, why is CNN using a crisis like this to drive a political narrative?” Williams ignored how Fox was politicizing the storm under cover of playing the victim. He even helped the messaging by saying it’s premature to blame climate change. Fox reinforced its own politicization with a ridiculous lower-third banner: “CNN USES DANGEROUS STORM THREATENING AMERICANS TO ADVANCE LEFTIST AGENDA.” read more
Source: crooksandliars.com