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Why won’t US TV news say ‘climate change’?

theguardian.com

15 points by philangist 4 years ago · 9 comments

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CameronNemo 4 years ago

Surprised there is no mention of Sinclair broadcast group. Many broadcast stations have to read from the same script provided by Sinclair. Sinclair has been criticized for their affiliation with and support of the Republican party.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Broadcast_Group

https://youtube.com/watch?v=GvtNyOzGogc

zepto 4 years ago

It may be “media malpractice” to not mention climate change as a factor.

It is also media malpractice to shallowly attribute these events to climate change alone without looking at the many other human influences.

  • vanderZwan 4 years ago

    Go on, name a few that aren't mentioned in the media yet.

    • zepto 4 years ago

      > a few that aren't mentioned in the media yet.

      Silly straw man.

      Mentioned somewhere but ignored in most coverage in favor of just saying ‘climate change’.

      • vanderZwan 4 years ago

        It's not a straw man when you're literally claiming the media isn't talking about those other issues, in response an article talking about how every possibly explanation gets mentioned except climate change to boot.

        On top of that, given that the main driver for these disasters is in fact climate change, focussing on everything else is like a doctor insisting on giving general health tips to a patient whose leg is broken while pretending to not see the latter.

wil421 4 years ago

Pretty sure my local news and PBS certainly said Climate Change this past week in relation to Hurricane Ida and the expectation storms will get worse.

Of course low value entertainment stations like CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC don’t mention it.

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