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Posted on 09/22/2014 5:59:06 PM PDT by markomalley
Not only did the broadcast networks spent more time on the People’s Climate March, than the March for Life, they portrayed it positively, ignoring all the radicalism promoted by participants.
NBC “Nightly News,” ABC “World News Tonight” on Sept. 21 and CBS “This Morning” and ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Sept. 22 gave a combined 3 minutes and 27 seconds to the climate march. That was four-and-a-half times the 46 seconds of stories that NBC and ABC evening news shows gave to the March for Life in January 2014.
Boosting the claims of protesters concerned about global warming, “World News Tonight” and “Nightly News” mentioned a recent statement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) saying the summer of 2014 was the “warmest summer on Earth” on record. Neither pointed out that record keeping only dates back to 1880. That’s just a tiny fraction of Earth’s history after all.
“World News Tonight” exaggerated the information even further by claiming 2014 is on track to the be the “hottest year ever.”
Nothing was said on any of the network news’ programs about how far people traveled by fossil fuel guzzling cars or airplanes to march in New York City on Sept. 21. The hypocrisy of expending massive amounts of greenhouse gases in order to call for an end to fossil fuels was ignored, although green celebrity Al Gore and the UN’s Ban-Ki Moon were both mentioned by name on “Nightly News.”
Actor Mark Ruffalo, an Occupy Wall Street supporter and fracking opponent, said criticizing people like Gore and Leonardo DiCaprio for their carbon emissions is wrong. When Climate Depot asked him about their carbon footprints, Ruffalo said, “Oh brother. That is a question you shouldn’t be asking here today because that defies the spirit of what this is about,”
The networks also ignored protesters’ calls for “revolution” and a new society as well as the many socialist groups, including Communist Party USA and Occupy groups, that backed the protests.
According to Climate Depot, socialism was promoted by speakers at the march and applauded by attendees of the People’s Climate March. Socialist literature was readily available.
During the march, Climate Depot interviewed environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who complained about global warming skeptics saying, “I wish there were a law you could punish them with. I don’t think there is a law that you can punish those politicians under.”
when will ALL of those pesky kennedy children just go away?
I’m not surprised. Most people would rather watch a circus.
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That’s because it advances socialism.
Was watching a marcher being interviewed. Utter moron.
it was a totally meaningless march.....the right to life march gets a good portion of that number every year. 300,000, big deal, Indianapolis gets many more than that for a car race every year.......Michigan University draws more than 1/3 that many WEEKLY for a college football game....big deal!!!!
Wonder if they mentioned how that march for Earth left all that trash, you know, to save the planet and all ....
Our main media networks disgust me.
The March for Life is part of a movement that has made steady process over the last decades. Hearts, minds, and behaviors have changed drastically.
The Global Warming crowd has made real strides in forcing us, essentially at the point of a gun, to accept the results of their beliefs. However, they aren’t having the much success in winning the hearts and minds of the people.
I don’t know anyone that cares about “the environment”; here in NJ people are much more concerned about jobs, taxes, and crime. We don’t have the luxury of caring for fake “environmental issues”...
Not the LSM...they won't breathe a word.
Thankfully I only saw on 2 second clip on CNN when I was at Toyota getting an oil change. Most of the news is ISIS all day everyday.
The sky is falling, AND IT'S ALL OUR FAULT!
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