Hurricane Matthew: It’s a conspiracy, says right wing media, endangering lives
Because Floridians’ lives don’t matter if Matt Drudge can scare enough rubes:
Hours before the projected landfall of Hurricane Matthew, conservative media that often traffic in climate denial questioned official reports from scientists and meteorologists about how bad the storm would be.
The Drudge Report’s homepage led with a headline questioning whether the storm was fizzling, even as national, state, and local officials called for residents to heed warnings to care for loved ones, take shelter, or evacuate.
STORM FIZZLE? MATTHEW LOOKS RAGGED! https://t.co/4NjoClC2Jf
— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) October 6, 2016
Earlier in the afternoon, Drudge’s personal Twitter account pulled a favorite term of Trump supporters to question whether there was a political motive behind the breaking news warnings surrounding the storm.
“The deplorables are starting to wonder if govt has been lying to them about Hurrican Matthew to make exaggerated point on climate,” Drudge said on the verified account. …
https://twitter.com/passantino/status/784127984466731008/
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Rush Limbaugh ridiculed climate science on his show, after spending a minute or two dismissing the threat of past hurricanes like 2005’s Wilma as overblown, and mocking people who say cutting carbon emissions can reduce the likelihood or intensity of extreme weather.
“These are acts of God,” he said, according to a clip shared by Media Matters. “Do you have an insurance policy on your home or anything? You know the force majeure, the ‘act of God,’ which is events that you can’t control, that man has no say-so over? Hurricane is one of those, but I guess the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is going to steal the purview of hurricanes away from God. And next we’re going to go on, we’re going to stop war with climate — Look, the long way around telling you that there is politics in everything. There’s politics in the weather. There’s politics in the forecasting of the weather. There’s politics in hurricanes. There’s politics in the forecasting of hurricanes because there are votes.”
On the other hand…
Click here for reuse options!Noted climate denier Donald Trump warned residents to take the storm seriously:
https://twitter.com/ZekeJMiller/status/784107909160534017
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15 responses to Hurricane Matthew: It’s a conspiracy, says right wing media, endangering lives
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Buford2k11 October 7th, 2016 at 08:34
Ok then…My first impression of Drudge was correct…he is not very bright, nor is he concerned about this Nation…if he was, he would not be deliberately trying to misinform, mislead, and endanger those who are not as smart as the rest of the folks, who do not read Drudge…we are in a War of Propaganda…Drudge has been a big part of this war on our intellect…we must be aware, and we must defend against this type of assault on our Nation…
Larry Schmitt October 7th, 2016 at 08:44
He thinks nothing of accusing the president of putting people in danger, when he know damn well he would never do that, but he also thinks nothing of doing the same thing with his made up conspiracies. In his own feeble way, he’s as dangerous as Alex Jones.
anothertoothpick October 7th, 2016 at 09:48
Is god that mean?
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/157ab95c4ad49af34ad53b219a94f5ca89c4fcc91ec09aeb32e37582e752338a.jpg
Larry Schmitt October 7th, 2016 at 09:53
God is the most insecure being in the universe. He constantly requires validation from his subjects, threatening them with eternal damnation if they don’t sing his praises. If a human being did that, we would say he had self esteem issues.
whatthe46 October 7th, 2016 at 12:40
“If a human being did that, we would say he had self esteem issues.” um, tRump supporters.
granpa.usthai October 7th, 2016 at 10:00
damn! the idiot experts that know nothing about everything got it right! there is no storm – no cause for alarm – it’s all a mass hallucination to scare people into …. but if that’s the case, why ain’t these blowhards out there hitting the beaches, even if out of their unofficial military uniforms like they would have never done at Normandy?
just relax folks and vote for republiCONs. enjoy your day at the beach and …happy surfin’.
Mike October 7th, 2016 at 11:18
I’m glad I was motivated to get off my ass and over prepare (if you want to call it that)
If this puppy had shifted just 20-30 miles west we would be singing a different tune this morning. Pure luck kept this monster from changing the lives of millions of people…did you see the pics of what happened in Haiti and Cuba…?
Fk Drudge and BLimpy.
Larry Schmitt October 7th, 2016 at 12:01
And that’s what it is with hurricanes, pure luck. Any of them could be the next Andrew, or David, or Katrina.
eyelashviper October 7th, 2016 at 12:12
Sure, it’s actually another False Flag Operation by Obama. He has lots of old videos of storms, and forces all the tv stations, interwebs, and radio broadcasters to do as he sez.
It’s actually fine here in Floriduh, we are all at the beach, sunning ourselves, using our Obama phones, and drinking Margaritas ordered with our EBT cards..
/s
whatthe46 October 7th, 2016 at 12:38
should have left off the /s. it would have been interesting to see if any idiots would have taken you seriously.
(((John_St_John))) October 7th, 2016 at 13:56
And you didn’t even invite the rest of us for Margaritas? Boy do I feel ‘Left’ out.
eyelashviper October 7th, 2016 at 14:00
Sorry, forgot to tweet the invite…come anytime, plenty of Margaritas always…
Bunya October 7th, 2016 at 13:26
“These are acts of God,”
Yes, they are the acts of a kind and benevolent god who sent a hurricane to kill 200 people and displace thousands of others. On the bright side, it’s probably the same god who made Limbaugh an impotent child molesting (alleged), drug addled gasbag.
amersham1046 October 7th, 2016 at 18:57
How stupid do these people think we are, but with the number of people that believe them, there is a serious flaw in the American education system
bpollen October 8th, 2016 at 06:35
Weather forecasting – educated guesses based on massive mathematical constructs attempting to account for a vast amount of variables in order to predict what could possibly happen.
Drudge – uneducated guesses based on delusional thinking.
One of these things is not like the other.