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In the wake of the Climategate scandal, a truly bizarre situation happened; the [[Mainstream media|mainstream media]] stories about global warming pretended the uncovered documents never happened. As Climategate was totally ignored by most TV news outlets, [[Fox News]] appeared to be the only national news media in [[United States|America]] interested in the growing Climategate scandal.<ref>John Lott. [http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2009/11/24/john-lott-climate-change-emails-copenhagen/ Why You Should Be Hot and Bothered About 'Climate-gate'], FOXNews.com, November 24, 2009.</ref><ref>Allie Duzett. [http://www.aim.org/aim-column/media-ignore-climate-science-scandal/ Media Ignore Climate Science Scandal], [[Accuracy In Media]], November 23, 2009.</ref> Perhaps the [[MSM]] felt that by ignoring Climategate entirely that it would have just gone away. However, just as the case was during the [[Tea Party Movement]], notably during the [[Tax Day Tea Party]], [[blog|bloggers]] and the readers of the global warming stories kept bringing up [[An Inconvenient Truth|the inconvenient truth]] of Climategate by mentioning the scandal "over and over and over again."<ref>P.J. Gladnick. [http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2009/11/24/climategate-msm-writers-try-ignore-scandal-global-warming-stories-read Climategate: MSM Writers Try to Ignore Scandal in Global Warming Stories But Readers Bring Them Back to Reality], [[NewsBusters]], November 24, 2009.</ref>
 
In the wake of the Climategate scandal, a truly bizarre situation happened; the [[Mainstream media|mainstream media]] stories about global warming pretended the uncovered documents never happened. As Climategate was totally ignored by most TV news outlets, [[Fox News]] appeared to be the only national news media in [[United States|America]] interested in the growing Climategate scandal.<ref>John Lott. [http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2009/11/24/john-lott-climate-change-emails-copenhagen/ Why You Should Be Hot and Bothered About 'Climate-gate'], FOXNews.com, November 24, 2009.</ref><ref>Allie Duzett. [http://www.aim.org/aim-column/media-ignore-climate-science-scandal/ Media Ignore Climate Science Scandal], [[Accuracy In Media]], November 23, 2009.</ref> Perhaps the [[MSM]] felt that by ignoring Climategate entirely that it would have just gone away. However, just as the case was during the [[Tea Party Movement]], notably during the [[Tax Day Tea Party]], [[blog|bloggers]] and the readers of the global warming stories kept bringing up [[An Inconvenient Truth|the inconvenient truth]] of Climategate by mentioning the scandal "over and over and over again."<ref>P.J. Gladnick. [http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2009/11/24/climategate-msm-writers-try-ignore-scandal-global-warming-stories-read Climategate: MSM Writers Try to Ignore Scandal in Global Warming Stories But Readers Bring Them Back to Reality], [[NewsBusters]], November 24, 2009.</ref>
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Twelve days after the story broke worldwide, the Climategate scandal had been mentioned by ABC, CBS and NBC a total of zero times. Because the story affects [[Cap and trade]] legislation, the [[White House]], in their daily collusion with [[liberal media]] sources, may have told news channels to bury the story.<ref>Diane Macedo. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,578990,00.html Comedy Central Scoops Network News on Climate-Gate Scandal], [[Fox News]], December 02, 2009.</ref>
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Twelve days after the story broke worldwide, the Climategate scandal had been mentioned by [[ABC]], [[CBS]] and [[NBC]] a total of zero times. Because the story affects [[Cap and trade]] legislation, the [[White House]], in their daily collusion with [[liberal media]] sources, may have told news channels to bury the story.<ref>Diane Macedo. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,578990,00.html Comedy Central Scoops Network News on Climate-Gate Scandal], [[Fox News]], December 02, 2009.</ref>
    
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