Information about the climate as reported by the mass media is both incomplete and misleading. Climate Change or "Global Warming" is portrayed as a new phenomenon caused almost entirely by human activity. However, a thorough analysis of North America's climate reveal that both warming and increased precipitation have been a long-term trends that are documented since the earliest instrument records begin in the late 1700s. The most important change has been a remarkable increase in precipitation since the early 1900s which has resulted in record agricultural production and prosperity for much of North America. The adverse climate of the 1800s is ignored, forgotten and even denied. This omission seems intentional and calculated because it threatens the idea that the climate was benign in the past but is now deteriorating. An honest analysis of history refutes this claim.