[See NewsBusters for more.] CBS This Morning on Tuesday pushed the idea that a climate scientist was silenced in order to stop movement on fighting climate change. Reporter Mark Strassmann made sure to note that climate scientist George Luber has appeared with celebrity Matt Damon. The CDC employee had planned a conference where far-left Democrat Al Gore was to be the keynote speaker. Strassmann touted Luber: “The agency made him its public face of climate science and its effect on diseases until the day his bosses wanted him gone.” The journalist promoted the scientist’s proximity to fame: “George Luber was such a celebrated scientist he hung out with other stars like Matt Damon. They flew around Los Angeles in the Showtime special, talking about rising temperatures.”
