Jack Kemp

The irony of this is just too delicious. NY Times devout climate change believers cancel their subscriptions because the Times hired a more middle of the road intelligent writer. To a global warming believer, this is the equivalent of a Catholic newspaper writing that The Pope may be wrong in supporting the Divinity of Jesus. The cancelling readers see this Times writer - and the Times itself - as engaging in blasphemy and sacrelige! I LOVE IT!

Maybe Mrs. Sulzberger and the women editors of the NY Times could next wear Ivanka Trump designed dresses to the next Times Annual Meeting or their New Year's party!

Jack

http://nypost.com/2017/05/01/times-subscribers-are-fleeing-in-wake-of-climate-change-column/

People are still hating on New York Times columnist Bret Stephens — with a "#ShowYourCancellation” movement growing on social media over the weekend — following his controversial piece on climate change.

"I’ve been a @nytimes loyalist for over 15 years. But hiring a ‘climate agnostic’ has gone too far,” Heather Randell tweeted Sunday. "I’m canceling. #showyourcancellation.”

Beth Holbrook wrote, "Cancelled @nytimes subscription. As a scientist, I take offense at BS opinion pieces misrepresenting scientific facts #ShowYourCancellation.”

Marlene Amaro added, "Trusted NYT all my life……oh well.”

Stephens, who worked at the Wall Street Journal before arriving at the Times earlier this month, penned his very first column for the paper last week — which was titled, "Climate of Complete Certainty.”

It ran online Friday and print the next day.

In it, Stephens argued that "claiming total certainty about the science” of climate change — and not accepting both sides of th
e argument — ultimately "traduces the spirit of science and creates openings for doubt whenever a climate claim proves wrong.”

While he didn’t give his opinion on the subject, the piece sparked overwhelming outrage from what he described as "the nasty left.”
The furor remained throughout the weekend, with countless media outlets, journalists, scientists and others calling on the Times to fire Stephens.

Many cancelled their subscriptions and then posted proof online — taking pictures of the paper’s emailed responses to them leaving.
"We’re sorry to see you go and hope we may be able to serve you again in the future,” the messages read.
But not everyone was scrapping their subscriptions.

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