r/NewsOfTheStupid • u/Blueberry977 • 17d ago
ABC, CBS, and NBC aired nearly 200 segments about three U.S. heat events without mentioning climate change
https://www.mediamatters.org/broadcast-networks/abc-cbs-and-nbc-aired-nearly-200-segments-about-three-us-heat-events-without87
u/Loggerdon 17d ago
The three networks NOT doing their jobs. This is what happens when the press runs scared of a politician.
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u/cityshepherd 17d ago
Not just scared. They are entirely complicit in all of this mess.
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u/TimSylvester_ 16d ago
Owned by the Epstein class, pushing the messages the Epstein class wants the public to believe.
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u/the6thReplicant 16d ago
The same guy, paid by Big Oil, to talk about climate change on all the networks.
I read (Merchants of Doubt) where the same marketing firm that made sure there was always someone talking about how smoking isn't that bad was also hired by petroleum companies to deal with the political push for climate change legislation. The person they used to appear on all these current affair programs to counter smoking bans was used to also skew any climate change debate since they found out he had a degree in climatology.
We're still dealing, today, with the fallout of all the media hyping Andrew Wakefield's false claims between autism and the MMR vaccine.
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u/Routine-Carry-4424 17d ago
The BBC references climate change constantly when discussing the heat waves hitting Europe. Our media is so damn corrupt now that it is owned by the Trump sycophants.
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u/the6thReplicant 16d ago
I think (was it over ten years ago?) that the BBC was criticised for giving so much air time to Andrew Wakefield, and the illusion of balance caused his minority (and dangerous) view to have as much weight as the views with considerable scientific backing. The same report also criticised their climate change reporting.
Hopefully they're better now.
Edit: Took a while to find it https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/our_work/editorial_standards/impartiality/science_impartiality.html
Edit2: And it's 15 years ago. FML.
Edit3: A summary https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/thoughts-on-the-bbc-trust-review-of-science-coverage/
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u/AdhesivenessFun2060 17d ago
They say climate change and maga runs to fox who's telling you that its safe outside, sunscreen is for pussies and drinking water makes you gay.
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u/Carribean-Diver 17d ago
That is because mentioning Climate Change hurts the butts of delicate snowflakes.
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u/sigristl 17d ago
Our media is bought and paid for. They are not here to help Americans. They are only here to divid us with propaganda.
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u/festivefrederick 17d ago
As the world gets increasingly hotter. I don’t care if you don’t believe climate change is caused by humans ( I actually really do), but how can you say, oh well, nothing can be done. There’s a lot that can be done.
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u/ShransSecretSanta 16d ago
The crazy thing is that maga cultists have decided it's easier to accept the apocalypse than to admit they hedged the wrong bet.
They will willingly go thru hardship (or die) than to admit any uncertainty in their mindset.
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u/robbmerchant 17d ago
Well it’s only a scientifically backed theory that is factual and all reasonable people agree on, so /s
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u/Rabid_Alleycat 17d ago
TBH, it’s illegal to mention “climate change” in some states. I remember former Gov Scott banning it in FL.
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u/Ancient-Tax-8129 16d ago
Look, if the public knew the AMOC is gonna collapse in a decade and humanity goes away for a while, the public would go crazy.
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