Noel Sheppard had an easy time of writing the headline for a Dec. 9 post: He just lifted it from the British Daily Mail article he cites. And the hed — “Gore Criticised for Lining His Own Pockets” — just happens to fit in with Sheppard’s big conspiracy theory, that Al Gore doesn’t care about actually fighting global warming and is an activist merely for the money. It’s a claim for which, as we’ve noted, Sheppard has yet to provide any solid evidence, and he offers none here, despite a headline tailor-made for him.
Sheppard gleefully reported the claim in the Daily Mail article that a speech Gore gave in Britain was boring and he “was being very precious and demanded his own VIP room before the event.” Sheppard exclaimed in response: “How long has NewsBusters been telling you that this whole charade is about Gore getting rich?” adding, “When will people learn that the only cause Al Gore has ever been concerned with is himself?”
But Sheppard doesn’t note that the Daily Mail is a right-wing paper and the person the Daily Mail quoted making the accusation is anonymous, so this is yet another example of dubious evidence that doesn’t exactly support his claim of Gore’s purported greediness.