Al Gore - Not Evil Just Wrong

The investigative team from the soon to be released documentary Not Evil Just Wrong joined the Society of Environmental Journalists and attended their annual conference held this year in Madison, Wisconsin.

Former Vice President Al Gore who never allows journalists’ questions was giving his first Q & A in 4 years. The results were surprising and alarming for the future of journalism.

Phelim McAleer, Irish journalist, and part of the team from Not Evil Just Wrong, asked Gore if he agreed with the findings of the UK Judge who ruled that nine statements in the film, characterized as significant errors, were not supported by mainstream scientific consensus. He asked Gore if he intended to make corrections. Gore decided not to answer the question, and some of the so-called “journalists” at the gathering shut off McAleer’s microphone. Obviously environmental journalists are more environmentalists than journalists.

Three of the nine errors pointed out by the Judge, as reported by the BBC are:

Mr Gore's assertion that a sea-level rise of up to 20 feet would be caused by melting of ice in either West Antarctica or Greenland "in the near future". The judge said this was "distinctly alarmist" and it was common ground that if Greenland's ice melted it would release this amount of water - "but only after, and over, millennia".

Mr Gore's assertion that the disappearance of snow on Mount Kilimanjaro in East Africa was expressly attributable to global warming - the court heard the scientific consensus was that it cannot be established the snow recession is mainly attributable to human-induced climate change.

Mr Gore's reference to a new scientific study showing that, for the first time, polar bears had actually drowned "swimming long distances - up to 60 miles - to find the ice". The judge said: "The only scientific study that either side before me can find is one which indicates that four polar bears have recently been found drowned because of a storm."

In his final verdict, the judge said the film could be shown as long as updated guidelines were followed. These say teachers should point out controversial or disputed sections. Without the guidance, updated after the case was launched, the government would have been breaking the law, the judge said.

Of course, Gore pointed out, while dissembling over the question put to him by McAleer, that the Judge ruled in favor of the film being shown in the schools (he forgot to mention that the ruling specifically required that guidance giving the other side of the argument accompany the showing of the film).