It all began when Slate writer Brian Merchant uploaded a one minute Youtube video of Al Gore talking about population control. To Merchant’s astonishment, the clip become the central point in a frenzy whipped up by conservative media.
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The feminism brand is designed to do itself out of business
Feminism is a brand that’s been thoroughly trashed. If it was a commercial product it’d be a good time to buy in, because when stocks are low they only have one way to go, writes Karen Pickering.
Political snippets: The quiet Australian
The public is surely in a mood to concentrate on football grand finals rather than politics.
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Al Gore: “a crazed sex poodle”?
Alright, so the Al Gore sexual harassment story is all a bit ghastly and tabloid. But The Smoking Gun has the full police report of the allegations, and it certaintly makes for fascinating reading.
An Inconvenient Hyperlink
When announcing Al Gore and Tipper Gore’s separation, CNN also inadvertently announced their personal home email address. Ah, those tricky hyperlinks.
Al Gore: Why it would be lovely if the climate change sceptics were right
Imagine what a burden would be lifted if the whole climate change thing was wrong! If Climategate and those climate scientist stuffs up proved that climate change was just a giant myth. Except, that’s not what the science says, writes Al Gore.
An Inconvenient Typeface: Gore, the font warrior
While James Cameron used boring old Papyrus for his Avatar, former US VP Al Gore was so concerned with typefaces that he personally asked for the font in his latest book to be altered to fit his requirements. Typotheque has the fascinating story.
Can Al Gore save Copenhagen?
Al Gore is finally heating up the Copenhagen conference, calling for a world treaty to be signed by July next year, before the movement’s momentum fizzles out, reports Matthew Knott.
Climategate: the winners and losers
The Climategate leaked email scandal has rocked players on both sides of the climate change debate. As the dust settles in Copenhagen, Mediate looks at who’s left standing.
Gore: What in the hell do they think is causing climate change?
Al Gore hits out against climate skeptics and those emails, gives the inside word on his talks with fellow Nobel-winner Obama, and explains why Copenhagen matters.
Hollywood conservatives: Strip Gore of his Oscar
Two conservative members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Hollywood conservatives? Really?) have called for Al Gore to be stripped of his Oscar for An Inconvenient Truth in the wake of the Climategate email saga
What if Gore had won? An alternate history of the last decade
George W. Bush defined so much of the noughties that it’s easy to forget he came so close to losing the 2000 election. So what if Al Gore had been declared the winner? Newsweek imagines how a very different decade might have played out.
Turnbull has lanced the boil of climate change denialism
Malcolm Turnbull’s stoic courage in Parliament House on Thursday lances the boil of climate change denialism, writes Tony Kevin.
Is Newsweek censoring its letters page?
After running a cover feature on Al Gore, 74% of the letters Newsweek received in response were negative. Yet, according to NewsBusters, the magazine ran only positive letters in its following edition. And it’s not the first time.
More Clinton secrets revealed
More revelations have been leaked from the new book of secret interviews with former US President Bill Clinton, including spats with Al Gore, a smear campaign against Hillary, and terse words with Henry Kissinger on health care.
There’s no opting out of the Natural Contract
In the future, will we — those who failed to act on climate change — be viewed in the same light as slave owners? The Natural Contract will become as common as the Social Contract, writes Bronwyn Lay.
Green groups see red in battle over .eco domain
Two environmental groups — one from the US backed by Al Gore, and another from Canada backed by the WWF — have locked horns over the rights to the internet domain ‘.eco’. At stake are two very noble, but very different, business plans for the address.
An Inconvenient Truth remains
Not even Al Gore could convince Senator Fielding about climate change. The Nationals also remain unconvinced on emissions trading, writes Michelle Grattan.
Who’s willing to talk with North Korea?
With two US journalists facing 12 years in North Korean labour camps, someone needs to start talking to the reclusive dictatorship. Enter Bill Richardson, Al Gore and Jesse Jackson.
Gore’s army receive new marching orders
James Hrynyshyn reports from a summit for the 2500 volunteers trained by Al Gore to present his Inconvenient Truth slideshow, where the climate chief issued new orders to his troops.
Fox News caught out editing the truth
Media Matters have captured some pretty appalling Fox News edits, twisting and misrepresenting the words of Al Gore and Barack Obama.
VIDEO: Al Gore’s speech to the DNC
“I know something about close elections,” quipped Al Gore, in a pointed call to Democrats and Obama supporters not to underestimate the battle ahead of Barack Obama.
