Global Warming Activist, Journalist, Perish in Antarctica

[pintobean]

(Punta Arenas, Chile) Famed global warming activist James Schneider and a journalist friend were both found frozen to death on Saturday, about 90 miles from South Pole Station, by the pilot of a ski plane practicing emergency evacuation procedures.

"I couldn't believe what I was seeing", recounted the pilot, Jimmy Dolittle. "There were two snowmobiles with cargo sleds, a tent, and a bright orange rope that had been laid out on the ice, forming the words, 'HELP-COLD'".


http://www.ecoenquirer.com/south-pole-tragedy.htm

Edit: It's a spoof. Thanks to Kali for the heads up.:blush:

[kestrel91316]

1. You couldn't pay me enough money to get me to set foot anyplace that cold.

[Kali]

2. seems like he (both) was an idiot

and isn't it kind of hard to access Antarctica without other people knowing? WTF?

[Kali]

3. ok got me

but at least the freepers can't even read the word "satire" appended to this same subject line/post over there - half the replies took it seriously:rofl:

[pintobean]

4. Got me too.

I thought it was real. I'll take your word on the freepers.

[Kali]

5. the wife's comments were way suspicious so I googled,

there was bunch of rt wing blogs gloating and a freep post with "(satire)" at the end of the title

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2482044/posts

[pintobean]

8. That's some funny shit.

"You can’t make this stuff up........"

[Fledermaus]

11. So, by extension, do you find all of NNadirs post to be real?

Many of us find them to be off topic, nonsensical.

[donco]

6. To the freepers

the proper spelling of the rope would have been hep.

[marybourg]

7. "Jimmy Dolittle" did it for me:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Doolittle

[bananas]

9. Too good to check: RW blogs again snared by satire

http://mediamatters.org/blog/201003290048

Too good to check: RW blogs again snared by satire

March 29, 2010 5:47 pm ET by Matt Gertz

The right-wing media's tendency to believe anything that bolsters their worldview is well-documented. Last October, for example, they rushed to trumpet a blogger's entirely unsourced claim that President Obama attacked the Founders and the Constitution in his college thesis, only to end up looking extremely foolish once it became clear that the initial blog post that started the firestorm was tagged "Satire."

So you'll probably guess where I'm going when I mention that several right-wing news sources -- including Fox News -- today jumped on an EcoEnquirer.com report that "Famed global warming activist James Schneider and a journalist friend were both found frozen to death on Saturday, about 90 miles from South Pole Station."

Yup, EcoEnquirer.com is a satire site currently fronting "Breaking News" about the successful 2027 Bali global warming conference. Other EcoEnquirer.com stories include "U.S.-Canada Border Conflict Continues" and "EPA to Mandate Reductions in Emissions from Volcanoes."

The wall of shame is below the fold:

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[joshcryer]

10. Wow. When I saw this that was the first thing I wanted to do, check RW sites.

I love it.