Lamar Smith: “The media were quick to cover a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration study last year where scientists altered…”

“The media were quick to cover a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration study last year where scientists altered global surface temperature data to try and refute the two-decade halt in global warming. The LA Times, The New York Times, and USA Today all headlined NOAA's announcement that there was not a halt in global warming. However, a new peer-reviewed study, published in the journal Nature, confirms the halt in global warming. According to one of the study's lead authors, it ``essentially refutes'' NOAA's study. But the many well-respected scientists and their findings were ignored by much of the national media, including those that had previously reported there never was a halt in global warming. Americans deserve all the facts that surround climate change, not just those that fit the view the liberal national media wants to promote. ____________________”