Their News.com site is carrying a story headlined "Bacteria froze the Earth, researchers say," wherein blue-green algae are blamed for an anti-greenhouse "snowball earth" 2.3 billion years ago.
So what does the one-liner in c|net's RSS feed say? This gem:
"Who causes global warming? Single-celled organisms--and not SUV drivers--may be the real culprit."
Just unbelievable. Here's what I posted on their "talkback" section:
What a moronic and politically-charged subhead in the RSS
description of your story: "Who causes global warming? Single-
celled organisms--and not SUV drivers--may be the real culprit."
Nowhere were SUV drivers mentioned in the story, yet this bit of
calculated misrepresentation effectively absolves fossil fuel
gluttons from any responsibility for their mindless and destructive consumption. In fact, the story blamed microbes for global FREEZING, not warming! And I thought only Fox News was the propaganda arm of the Bush administration.