Monday, March 30, 2009
The United Nations - a changing story
I wonder which number was published in the majority of the media outlets...
Joshua Rhett Miller reports at FoxNews.com:
"And, for the first time in the event's three-year existence, the New York headquarters of the United Nations will also go dark, a move officials say will save $102, a figure that fluctuated wildly from its whopping initial estimate of $81,000 when requested from U.N. officials. After the story appeared on FOXNews.com, a spokeswoman called back to say their estimate was incorrect and the savings was $24,000, but then called back a third time to say it was really $102.
Earth Hour — 8:30 to 9:30 p.m in every time zone on the planet — promises to be 'the largest demonstration of public concern about climate change ever attempted,' U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said earlier this month.
But critics say the U.N.'s participation in the event is a 'self-serving,' thinly guised 'gimmick' to sway public opinion ahead of the U.N.-led conference in Copenhagen in December at which world leaders will seek to approve a new global warming treaty.
'It's like a lot of what the U.N. does — it's a gimmick, it's empty, it's shallow and it's not going to lead to anything,' said Thomas Kilgannon, president of Freedom Alliance, a Virginia-based nonprofit organization founded by Oliver North."
