The media appears to be suffering from "cognitive Dissonance" regarding global warming according to this opinion piece:

http://web.mac.com/sinfonia1/Global_Warming_Politics/A_Hot_Topic_Blog/Entries/2008/8/19_Cognitive_Dissonance.html

The earth has had a significant temperature drop over the last year or so, but I haven't seen that reported in any MSM publication. There must be some reason for this omission. I guess the MSM decides what is news and waht isn't.