http://mediamatters.org/research/201012130014Right-wing media figures have again cited a December snowstorm as evidence that global warming isn't real. But scientists agree that short-term localized weather patterns are not relevant to global warming, and according to climate data centers, 2010 will rank among the hottest years on record.
Beck Calls Snowstorm That Caused Stadium Roof Collapse "Proof That Global Warming Is Happening." On the December 13 edition of his radio show, Glenn Beck discussed a recent snowstorm that caused the roof of Minneapolis' Metrodome to collapse and stated that it was "proof that global warming is happening."
Fox Nation: "Paging Gore...Metrodome Collapses Under Snow Storm." On December 12, Fox Nation linked to a story about the roof of the Minnesota Vikings' football stadium collapsing with the headline, "Paging Gore...Metrodome Collapses Under Snow Storm."
Hoft On Snowstorm, Cold Temperatures: "It Must Be Global Warming." In a December 12 Gateway Pundit post, Jim Hoft wrote that "snow, ice and record cold temperatures are blasting the US this weekend" and stated, "It must be global warming":
Record cold temperatures are sweeping the the southern US as a from Southern Florida to Snow , ice and record cold temperatures are blasting the US this weekend. Temperatures in Florida are 20 degrees below average in Florida. It must be global warming.