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Coleman is a vocal contrarian of anthropogenic [[global warming]]. In the fall of 2007 he described the current concern over global warming "a fictional, manufactured crisis, and a total scam." <ref>[http://icecap.us/index.php/go/joes-blog/comments_about_global_warming/ Comments about global warming]</ref>. In 2008 Coleman gave a speech of the same tone, before the [[San Diego Chamber of Commerce]], blaming the "global warming scam" and [[environmentalist]] lobby, for rising gas and food prices. He also declared the scam "a threat to our economy and our civilization." <ref>[http://www.kusi.com/weather/colemanscorner/19842304.html Global Warming and the Price of a Gallon of Gas]</ref> |
Coleman is a vocal contrarian of anthropogenic [[global warming]]. In the fall of 2007 he described the current concern over global warming "a fictional, manufactured crisis, and a total scam." <ref>[http://icecap.us/index.php/go/joes-blog/comments_about_global_warming/ Comments about global warming]</ref>. In 2008 Coleman gave a speech of the same tone, before the [[San Diego Chamber of Commerce]], blaming the "global warming scam" and [[environmentalist]] lobby, for rising gas and food prices. He also declared the scam "a threat to our economy and our civilization." <ref>[http://www.kusi.com/weather/colemanscorner/19842304.html Global Warming and the Price of a Gallon of Gas]</ref> |
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Coleman has also made appearances on [[Fox News Channel]] and on the [[Showtime]] program, ''[[Penn & Teller: Bullshit!]]'', to share his global warming views. Coleman recently published an article entitled "The Amazing Story Behind the Global Warming Scam"<ref>[http://www.kusi.com/weather/colemanscorner/38574742.html The Amazing Story Behind The Global Warming Scam] Jan 29, 2009</ref> in which he promotes his ideas that many scientists and politicians have been embroiled in what amounts to scam based on incomplete science and a political motive for a world government. Coleman says the genesis of the global warming movement was the claims of scientist [[Roger Revelle]], an early mentor of Al Gore, whose goal was seeking increased funding for the [[Scripps Institute of Oceanography]]. Coleman's article and ideas have found a large audience<ref>[http://wordpress.com/tag/john-coleman/ Blogs about John Coleman]</ref> <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/01/29/weather-channel-founder-blasts-gore-global-warming-campaign/ Fox News] Jan 29, 2009</ref> |
Coleman has also made appearances on [[Fox News Channel]] and on the [[Showtime]] program, ''[[Penn & Teller: Bullshit!]]'', to share his global warming views. Coleman recently published an article entitled "The Amazing Story Behind the Global Warming Scam"<ref>[http://www.kusi.com/weather/colemanscorner/38574742.html The Amazing Story Behind The Global Warming Scam] Jan 29, 2009</ref> in which he promotes his ideas that many scientists and politicians have been embroiled in what amounts to scam based on incomplete science and a political motive for a world government. Coleman says the genesis of the global warming movement was the claims of scientist [[Roger Revelle]], an early mentor of Al Gore, whose goal was seeking increased funding for the [[Scripps Institute of Oceanography]]. Coleman's article and ideas have found a large audience<ref>[http://wordpress.com/tag/john-coleman/ Blogs about John Coleman]</ref> <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/01/29/weather-channel-founder-blasts-gore-global-warming-campaign/ Fox News] Jan 29, 2009</ref> {{fact}} <!--One of the sources is OR, trying to prove the point by counting blogs which is even more ironic since blogs aren't even usually RSes. The other one doesn't mention that Coleman's article and idea have found a large audience--> |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
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Revision as of 09:55, 20 February 2009
John Coleman | |
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 John Coleman, KUSI News Weathercaster | |
| Born | John Coleman October 15, 1934 |
| Status | Married |
| Occupation | Weather Forecaster |
| Spouse | Linda Coleman |
| Relatives | Parents: Claude & Hazel Coleman |
| Website | http://www.kusi.com/about/bios/weather/1838191.html |
John Coleman is an American news weather forecaster. He founded The Weather Channel (but is no longer affiliated with it), and presently works as an on-camera weathercaster at KUSI-TV in San Diego.
Professional career
Coleman started his career at WCIA in Champaign, Illinois, doing the early evening weathercast and a local bandstand show called At The Hop while he was a student at University of Illinois. After receiving his journalism degree in 1957, he became the weather anchor for WCIA's sister station WMBD-TV in Peoria, Illinois. Coleman was also a weather anchor for KETV in Omaha, WISN-TV in Milwaukee and then WBBM-TV and WLS-TV in Chicago.[1]
At WLS, Coleman was teamed with Fahey Flynn, Joel Daly and Bill Frink to form the Eyewitness News Team, creating a news brand name and establishing a highly successful new local news format dubbed "happy talk" by a local television columnist. This style of local news has been widely copied. The team dominated Chicago television news ratings for more than a decade. During his time at Chicago's WLS-TV, Coleman was one of Chicago's most popular weathercasters, famous for his amusing and irreverent style. It was then that Coleman became the original weathercaster on what was then the brand-new ABC network morning program, Good Morning America. He stayed seven years with this top-rated program anchored by David Hartman and Joan Lunden. [2] He would describe Thunderstorms and thundery showers as "Thorms" and "Thowers" respectively.[citation needed]
In 1981 he founded The Weather Channel, serving as its CEO and President during the startup and its first year of operation. After being forced out at TWC, Coleman became weather anchor at WCBS-TV in New York and then at WMAQ-TV in Chicago, before moving to Southern California to join the independent television station, KUSI-TV in San Diego, in what Coleman fondly calls, "his retirement job."[2]
Views on global warming
Coleman is a vocal contrarian of anthropogenic global warming. In the fall of 2007 he described the current concern over global warming "a fictional, manufactured crisis, and a total scam." [3]. In 2008 Coleman gave a speech of the same tone, before the San Diego Chamber of Commerce, blaming the "global warming scam" and environmentalist lobby, for rising gas and food prices. He also declared the scam "a threat to our economy and our civilization." [4]
Coleman has also made appearances on Fox News Channel and on the Showtime program, Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, to share his global warming views. Coleman recently published an article entitled "The Amazing Story Behind the Global Warming Scam"[5] in which he promotes his ideas that many scientists and politicians have been embroiled in what amounts to scam based on incomplete science and a political motive for a world government. Coleman says the genesis of the global warming movement was the claims of scientist Roger Revelle, an early mentor of Al Gore, whose goal was seeking increased funding for the Scripps Institute of Oceanography. Coleman's article and ideas have found a large audience[6] [7] [citation needed]
Personal life
Coleman was born in 1934 in Alpine, Texas, the fifth child of a college professor and his math teacher wife, Claude and Hazel Coleman. He is married to Linda Coleman, and lives in a retirement community in the San Diego suburb of Rancho Bernardo.
References
- ^ "Former WMBD-TV On-Air Staff" from The WMBD Blog, retrieved 2006-09-05
- ^ a b John Coleman biography on KUSI-TV web site, retrieved 2006-09-05
- ^ Comments about global warming
- ^ Global Warming and the Price of a Gallon of Gas
- ^ The Amazing Story Behind The Global Warming Scam Jan 29, 2009
- ^ Blogs about John Coleman
- ^ Fox News Jan 29, 2009