Because in my book, downplayed does not equal LIED.
CNN is running a story with the headline
White House official downplayed warming data
When you click on the link, the headline changes to
U.S. official EDITED warming, emission link
At least that is a step toward the TRUTH.
The TRUTH is,
A White House official, who previously worked for the American Petroleum Institute, has repeatedly edited government climate reports in a way that downplays links between greenhouse gas emissions and global warming, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
Philip Cooney, chief of staff for the White House Council on Environmental Quality, made changes to descriptions of climate research that had already been approved by government scientists and their supervisors, the newspaper said, citing internal documents.
What that says to me is, Mr. Cooney, who has substantial ties to the oil industries, FALSIFIED data, then lied about the link between his good buddies and the damage that their business is doing to our environment.
"All comments are reviewed, and some are accepted and some are rejected," Robert Hopkins, a spokesman for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy told the the newspaper.
So... basically, the White House gets to pick and choose what science, ie, what TRUTH they like and then run with it.
Sound familiar? It should. The Downing Street Memos have the same feel to them.
Georgie et al say, well.. this is what we want to do. Some poor shlub in the room says, but Mr. President, sir, that's not how it is. There are no WMD's, or, your oil buddies really are contributing significantly to our environmental woes.
Georgie waves his hand in the air and says, silly silly man, we don't need TRUTH, we can do whatever we want... we'll just fix it so it looks like up is down, black is white, and sideways is really straight. It's easy... watch.
I, for one, have (pardon me) fucking HAD it with this bull shit.
They're not "downplaying" or "editing"... they're LYING, FALSIFYING, and spreading PROPAGANDA.
Enough is enough.
When you hammer the MSM on Downing (as you should) et al, remind them to use the right words and stop tip-toeing around what's really happening under our noses.
We're being LIED to, damnit.