{"id":269003,"date":"2023-07-23T21:06:31","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T19:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=269003"},"modified":"2023-07-23T21:06:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T19:06:34","slug":"neil-oliver-weather-maps-are-among-the-most-blatant-forms-of-fearmongering-deployed-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=269003","title":{"rendered":"Neil Oliver: Weather maps are among the most blatant forms of fearmongering deployed so far."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"426\" data-attachment-id=\"269006\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=269006\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/00Screenshot-2023-07-23-210538.png?fit=958%2C565&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"958,565\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00Screenshot-2023-07-23-210538\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/00Screenshot-2023-07-23-210538.png?fit=723%2C426&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/00Screenshot-2023-07-23-210538.png?resize=723%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-269006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/00Screenshot-2023-07-23-210538.png?w=958&amp;ssl=1 958w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/00Screenshot-2023-07-23-210538.png?resize=300%2C177&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/00Screenshot-2023-07-23-210538.png?resize=768%2C453&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@GBNewsOnline\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/yt3.ggpht.com\/9QATDXAANCn4Z5pqMiRj54aYxsZza-nHbKGk6mmEfVfEPp5bsfwHXBzG8XIcJizrT4Ed67RY=s48-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj\" alt=\"\">GBNews<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neil Oliver says weather maps are another example of fearmongering being exerted on the population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; 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