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Did Al Gore Really Get 8.6 Million Views on His 24-Hour Global Warming Special?

Al Gore Says 8.6 Million Views on 24 Hours of Reality Global Warming Special 17,000Former Vice President Al Gore hosted a “24 Hours of Reality” global warming special last week, and the numbers are in — sort of.

Gore’s site claimed the Sept. 15 marathon live-stream received 8.6 million views. That number, Climate Reality Project President Maggie Fox said, is the number of clicks the show had received by the time the event wrapped up — not people tuning in to re-watch clips after it was over.

But as the blog Watts Up With That points out, the number is probably more like 17,000 — if that.

First, in case you weren’t familiar with “24 Hours of Reality,” here‘s a description from Gore’s website:

Each hour, a citizen activist trained by Al Gore delivered a presentation that connected the dots between recent extreme weather events — including floods, droughts and storms — and the manmade pollution that is changing our climate.

Looking at website traffic statistics, post author Charles the Moderator estimated the Climate Reality Project only had about 167,000 global visitors the day of the event.

He based his estimation off the Sept. 15 traffic for his own site Watts Up With That, which according to web statistics site Alexa receives about one-fifth or one-sixth of the Climate Reality Project’s traffic on any given day. On the day of the marathon, Watts Up With That had 27,900 global visitors, which multiplied by six gives the rough estimate of 167,000 for Gore’s site.

Now, going back to the web statistics, the average time viewers spent on the Climate Reality Project site on Sept. 15 was only about three minutes — far less than the length of the marathon.

Charles explained:

[F]or everyone who stayed for an hour there were maybe 30 or so who left after a minute which is normal for boring video. The distribution can vary, maybe some stayed for for 5 minutes or 10, but it doesn’t look good.

Let’s be generous with this as well and say that 1 in 10 stayed around to watch a significant amount of the program. That means there may have been about 17,000 dedicated viewers (estimating on the high side) of the program worldwide.

Additionally, Charles wrote, only about 66,000 people had indicated they were “attending” the event on Facebook. While Facebook RSVPs are hardly ironclad, 66,000 is still a long way off from Gore’s statement. Charles wondered if all the other people Gore said tuned in could have watched the stream through other means — maybe directly through Facebook or web streaming service Ustream:

Or maybe, just maybe, there’s a little bit of storytelling going on and perhaps the numbers are a wee bit inflated.

“So whom are we to trust?” asks the London Daily Telegraph’s James Delingpole. “An evil climate denying website run by evil climate deniers? Or a loving family man who has selflessly made it his mission to travel the world acquiring as large a carbon footprint as possible in order to spread the word that we should all drastically reduce our carbon footprints?”

What do you think?

(h/t Gateway Pundit)

Comments (178)

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  • teddlybar
    Posted on September 22, 2011 at 2:32pm

    I went to and commented on the Facebook site during the event. Most political figures generally have hundreds or even thousands of comments on their posts. Mr. Gore had numbers in the tens (like30-70 comments), and it looked like a number of us posting were there to inject some real reality into Mr. Gore’s Climate Pseudo Reality.

    If the 8 million figure is even close to correct, I suspect it is far and away made up of people taking a brief look out of curiosity rather than real adherents to Mr. Gore’s fantasy.

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    • KickinBack
      Posted on September 22, 2011 at 2:49pm

      Inflated numbers. Just like his climate change statistics!

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    • Kansas Mom
      Posted on September 22, 2011 at 2:52pm

      They were all union members who were paid overtime to watch.

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    • ozz
      Posted on September 22, 2011 at 2:59pm

      considering they preach global warming in grade schools……..

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    • cessna152
      Posted on September 22, 2011 at 3:19pm

      Who is Al Gore?

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    • HKS
      Posted on September 22, 2011 at 3:49pm

      He uses that gubment math.

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    • MIBUGNU2
      Posted on September 22, 2011 at 4:21pm

      Don’t count Me.. I was only on that site for a minute, to see
      what kind of BS they had on…..

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on September 22, 2011 at 4:25pm

      It’s like watching a horrific accident. You try not to look, but get caught looking anyway. No surprise that they would lie about their numbers, as they lie about everything else. I would bet that he doesn’t even have that many viewers on his Current TV show.

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    • avenger
      Posted on September 22, 2011 at 5:42pm

      not that many morons out..unless he was giving away the new Volt dog…

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    • chazman
      Posted on September 22, 2011 at 5:57pm

      … a lying Liberal Marxist. A total failure, a cheat, a thief and true slime of the earth. 8.6 million my azz. More like 8.6 people!

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    • darkloch
      Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:47pm

      this global warming that Gore talks about is just a theory, a theory mind you. so why does he and others speak as if it is fact. it is a long way from THEORY to FACT.
      think of it this way, in theory a woman CAN get pregnant, but does that means she IS pregnant. to make my theory a fact then the woman would have to show or prove first how she BECAME pregnant and have EVIDENCE that she is pregnant before my theory can now be fact.
      Gore is show us all nothing but theories, and college “what if’s“ and only those theories and ”what if’s” that shows his theory’s POSSIBILITY of becoming true. Gore is looking at the cover of a book without having read it and claiming the he knows what the book is about.

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    • ccr
      Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:49pm

      Ah, Perry’s buddy……..what a fabricator. hmmmm……like Perry’s $5K from Merck when really Perry benefitted much more than that. Integrity issues for both….

      This sums up my thoughts on why I will support Mitt over Gore’s former campaign mgr. (TX)

      “If Americans thinks America needs someone to go along with what’s already in place, I’m sure that Gov. Perry is fine. If Americans think America needs a turnaround to make our economy globally competitive again and to create jobs, then I think I’m the better choice.”

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    • Sheepdog911
      Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:19pm

      Only if every actual view accessed it 100,000 times.

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    • quicker
      Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:43pm

      Even if the number was 8 million world wide that`s stil not very good with world population at 6.5 billion.Less than 1%.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on September 22, 2011 at 11:21pm

      Al Gore always moves the decimal points over a few notches so… maybe. .086 million?

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on September 22, 2011 at 11:27pm

      And Glenn Beck only had 87,000 attend the Restoring Honor, 8-28 event according to the lefties.
      They always move the decimal point around to suit their needs. Hey, Al, more like .086 million.
      After all, the temp of the Earth just a few kilometers down is hotter than the surface of the Sun.
      You’re so funny Al. Why did you buy that $9M house on a beach that will be flooded in a few years?

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    • TH30PH1LUS
      Posted on September 23, 2011 at 3:15am

      Tipper tuned out of the “Al Gore show” a long time ago.

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    • Ruler4You
      Posted on September 24, 2011 at 2:47am

      .. and finally, web site “activity” tracker functions are notoriously poor and it has even been disclosed that google has interfered with site activity trackers to stop or even run up the counts. With fanatical zealots, like Mr. Gore, who has a long reputation as being right up to the ‘edge’ of reality, and occasionally beyond, rhetorically and factually, “trusting” their claims seems like a level of personal credit, I’m not willing to extend to him or his faithful. As it puts me in a position where I, personally, could be compromised, at the very least, intellectually.

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  • MichiganPatriot
    Posted on September 22, 2011 at 2:31pm

    Al Gore = Clueless twit who has a bigger carbon footprint than 2-3 families combined. Another word for this moron is HYPOCRITE!

    Yeah I said it..ohhh and for the Attack watch robot, zombie zombie zombie, apocalypse, apocalypse, apocalypse.

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    • RLTW
      Posted on September 22, 2011 at 2:51pm

      More progressive math, excelsior, manbearPig Gore is such an A-Hat.

      Barak Ozombie apocalypse mmmmm mmmmm mmmmm

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    • CLEttinger
      Posted on September 22, 2011 at 2:54pm

      Would THE GUY WHO INVENTED THE INTERNET lie about his websites viewers? C’mon

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  • hersey10
    Posted on September 22, 2011 at 2:30pm

    The people tallying the views were probably the same people that tallied the data for the global warming hoax .

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  • DanWesson455
    Posted on September 22, 2011 at 2:30pm

    There couldn’t possibly be 8 million people you are that stupid to. OH WAIT….There were that many that voted for O’Bambam…. Now I will have to think this one out for awhile….hmmmmm.

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  • JustJP
    Posted on September 22, 2011 at 2:29pm

    Just like his global warming claims…..FALSE…FRAUD.

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  • godlovinmom
    Posted on September 22, 2011 at 2:27pm

    Typical Gore…seriously did anyone of YOU even intend on watching his current tv…I know I didn’t. So, the 8 million number is quite the exaggeration, Al.

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  • mohavegreen
    Posted on September 22, 2011 at 2:27pm

    Does Al Gore surrogate/campaign manager Rick Perry come to mind when numbers are about. About six zeros to left of decimal, Gore, Perry, McCain, Obamnation, Pelosi, Reid and Clinton missed by one.

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  • AJAYW
    Posted on September 22, 2011 at 2:25pm

    Al Gore – Clintons Who_e

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  • captaincameron
    Posted on September 22, 2011 at 2:23pm

    You have to understand how he views numbers.
    The temperature of the earth went up .1 degree over the last 100 years, so he says that by that rate, it will be 300 degrees every day starting next Wednesday.
    The temperature at the core of the earth is something like 8000 degrees, so he says it is several million.
    With this sort of math, if he got 10,000 viewers, he can easily say it was 8.6 million.

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  • jim218
    Posted on September 22, 2011 at 2:23pm

    I tend to look at the person who “says global warming is happening” in regards to, what he has done in his own personal life to limit his carbon foot print. Not one of his many homes has any type of green technology in use, his vehicles fall in the “big gas guzzler” category and lets face it, his private jet spews enough carbon footprint all on its own. So if former VP Gore is unwilling to reduce his personal impact on the environment, then what does he really believe?

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    • TennLainey
      Posted on September 22, 2011 at 2:39pm

      Algore is a fervent believer in Green(backs) for Gore.

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  • ConstitutionalPatriot
    Posted on September 22, 2011 at 2:21pm

    Hey, what did you expect? He inflated his involvement (from none) in Xerox’s the creation of Internet, He inflated his votes in 2000, He inflated the Climate Data, He inflated the numbers of ‘CurrenTV’ viewers.

    JUST BE WORRIED IF YOU ARE IN HIS HOTEL ROOM….. ON THE GOOD SIDE, NOT MUCH INFLATION THERE.

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  • drattastic
    Posted on September 22, 2011 at 2:20pm

    I just talked to 8 million of those people ( sorry couldn’t ask them all, I have a life people ) and they said that Al is full of crap . No I’m serious, I really did , what you don’t believe me ? Your all racist!

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  • Coonrapids
    Posted on September 22, 2011 at 2:19pm

    Gore lie???? The man who made the internet, was the role model for the film “Love Story” and the man who killed Viet Cong by the thousands lie, how can that be. Boy this guy is nuts and he almost became president.

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    • Pydge
      Posted on September 22, 2011 at 2:37pm

      You know? Gore really is nuts—he is depressed chronically; has gender confusion; is a phoney spending all his psychic energy to appear ‘normal’ when really he is a volcano looking to erupt. We see bits and pieces of this crazyman’s temper from time-to-time. Believing a lie and espousing the lie day after day after day after year after decade—man—he HAS to lie on every level to maintain his image. I would not want to be with this guy when you serve him the wrong order or shrink his boxers.

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    • Jim in Houston
      Posted on September 22, 2011 at 3:05pm

      Yeah, and OweBlamer did become president. Kind of speaks badly about the intellectual capacity of American voters.

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  • eric6161
    Posted on September 22, 2011 at 2:17pm

    Even the nazi‘s won’t watch their own guy.

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  • tobywil2
    Posted on September 22, 2011 at 2:17pm

    Cartoon exposes the real objective of the Global Warming Scam: click on http://commonsense21c.com/images/GLOBAL_WARMING_SCAM.jpg

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    • Jim in Houston
      Posted on September 22, 2011 at 3:07pm

      The Cartoon Channel would have been a better place for Uncle Al’s fantasy adventure.

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  • TomFerrari
    Posted on September 22, 2011 at 2:13pm

    He is through inventing the internet.
    He is announcing his new iPhones.
    Now, he is trying to be green oprah.

    EPIC #FAIL !!!
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    He is hiring every FAILED mouthpiece from all the other networks, AFTER those networks have already discarded them as unusable.

    I’m laughing my bootie off right now!
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    ManBearPig = EPIC #FAIL !!!
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    • Brizz
      Posted on September 22, 2011 at 2:17pm

      Kinda like the #s that turned out for the OneNation rally.

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    • Jim in Houston
      Posted on September 22, 2011 at 3:09pm

      Kind of like a pooling of stupidity. (ignorance can be fixed, stupid is forever)

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  • Elena2010
    Posted on September 22, 2011 at 2:11pm

    You expect something else fm Mr Fuzzy Math who invented the internet?

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  • trolltrainer
    Posted on September 22, 2011 at 2:11pm

    zombie apocalypse

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on September 22, 2011 at 2:10pm

    Al Gore and his fanatical, farcical followers of folly and foolheartedness constantly spin their lies and distortions and fabrications; so they claim 8.6 million while the truth is about 17000. So the difference is a ration of 505.88 fabricated to 1 that watched momentarily…business as usual.

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    • Uncurable wound
      Posted on September 22, 2011 at 2:20pm

      Old manbearpig must have been using the HOCKEY stick graph again…
      Id like to hit HIM with a hockey stick!

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  • cntrlfrk
    Posted on September 22, 2011 at 2:10pm

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    Al GWhore twisting facts and data???

    Say it isn’t so!!

    .

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  • truthseekerusa
    Posted on September 22, 2011 at 2:09pm

    Gore reminds me of my grandson who tells me that a “gazillion” children go to his school.

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  • Locked
    Posted on September 22, 2011 at 2:09pm

    Wait… so the guy takes an estimate of his OWN site on “any given day” and comes up with an estimate of a marathon from a different one? Yeah… that’s like taking an estimate of people watching the Food Network on any given day, extrapolating the numbers to Discover Channel, and then saying “Oh, they probably only got X number of viewers during Shark Week.”

    If you’re going to make comparisons, at least try to use actual numbers instead of complete guesses disguised as valid estimates.

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  • Monfang
    Posted on September 22, 2011 at 2:09pm

    What is the Blaze thinking! Al Gore invented the internet. If he said it was 8 million people, then it has to be 8 million. Unless he lied about inventing the internet….

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    • Jim in Houston
      Posted on September 22, 2011 at 3:12pm

      Al tell a lie, No WAY. (Tongue planted firmly in cheek)

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    • Locked
      Posted on September 22, 2011 at 4:05pm

      “Unless he lied about inventing the internet”

      Or unless you got your facts wrong because he never actually said that… nah, couldn’t be that ;-)

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  • marhee9
    Posted on September 22, 2011 at 2:05pm

    I can’t believe how much Al Gore distorts the “facts.” This guy is the biggest example of a used car salesmen that I’ve ever seen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HPgnuiPGLM

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  • Marci
    Posted on September 22, 2011 at 2:04pm

    Inflated. Completely inflated. I’d say about half of the real number was there to see what moonbattery explanations he would offer THIS time if different at all.

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