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Olympiad-Level Dumb: WashPost Cries Climate Change Making ‘Winter Olympics Harder to Host’
NewsBusters ^ | 2/4/2026 | Joseph Vazquez

Posted on 02/04/2026 12:24:53 PM PST by JV3MRC

Is it possible just to enjoy a long-cherished international sports tradition without injecting climate scareporn into the mix? Apparently not so for the Gaia-worshipping sub-optimal intellects at The Washington Post.

Post reporters Janice Kai Chen, Nick Kirkpatrick and Júlia Ledur apparently forgot it was winter when they collectively blurted out the following headline February 2, “Climate change is making the Winter Olympics harder to host.”

Kicking the doom-mongering into high gear, the authors cried that “Even with the intervention of machine-made snow, climate change will substantially shrink the number of locations able to host the Games.”

The 2026 games, which are being held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, are being threatened by warmer temperatures, kvetched the Post reporters. “With the weather too warm to make snow during the day, the machines had to run at night to create enough snow for the upcoming competitions,” in the weeks leading up to the games, they exclaimed.

But — and this may be news to The Post fanatics — climate and weather have a tendency to be very unpredictable.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: climatechange; olympics; propaganda; washingtonpost
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1 posted on 02/04/2026 12:24:53 PM PST by JV3MRC
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To: JV3MRC

Oh noes. Too hot?


2 posted on 02/04/2026 12:27:25 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: JV3MRC

I’m not in Italy, I’m in New England. I’ve got two feet of snow on the ground and for the past month I feel like I’ve had more time with negative temperatures than I have with above freezing temperatures. It’s been a pretty brutal winter so far as far as I’m concerned. I’d pay to have a little more Global Warming.


3 posted on 02/04/2026 12:27:38 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (Law and Order -- only one of our political parties believes in it.)
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To: JV3MRC
Post reporters Janice Kai Chen, Nick Kirkpatrick and Júlia Ledur...

Hopefully they are among the hordes of lefty Washington Post libs that just got their pink slips.

4 posted on 02/04/2026 12:30:21 PM PST by The Sons of Liberty (No, I'm DEFINITELY NOT tired of WINNING!)
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To: JV3MRC

See, see?!!

That’s why we need Greenland!


5 posted on 02/04/2026 12:31:45 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Annnd....I voted for this too!)
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To: JV3MRC

Has climate gone up 1F yet?

That’s a killer in my home.


6 posted on 02/04/2026 12:33:41 PM PST by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: JV3MRC

Yet another reason why the Washington Post is going out of business.


7 posted on 02/04/2026 12:35:01 PM PST by Rummyfan (Ok In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support lthe civilized man.👨 so t tv)
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To: ClearCase_guy
I’ve got two feet of snow on the ground and for the past month I feel like I’ve had more time with negative temperatures than I have with above freezing temperatures.

I'm in the Mid Atlantic and we are experiencing the longest deepest cold snap I can ever remember.

8 posted on 02/04/2026 12:36:37 PM PST by Rummyfan (Ok In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support lthe civilized man.👨 so t tv)
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To: JV3MRC

Hey, 300 people are to be let go today, I understand…


9 posted on 02/04/2026 12:42:47 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: JV3MRC

One must keep in mind that the only reason one would find a mere journalist in any STEM class is that they’re emptying the trash.


10 posted on 02/04/2026 12:42:50 PM PST by Da Coyote
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To: JV3MRC
More on The Post here:

The Penny Drops: WaPo on Life Support As Big Layoffs Start?

11 posted on 02/04/2026 12:45:08 PM PST by Rummyfan (Ok In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support lthe civilized man.👨 so t tv)
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To: JV3MRC

Almost every single Winter games they have, there’s hang-wringing about having enough snow... or the right kind of snow... or cold enough temps...

Apparently, they think we forget... or are too young to recall these things.


12 posted on 02/04/2026 12:47:15 PM PST by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: JV3MRC

This article is a perfect example of a group of reporters trying to justify their existence. They all work the “Climate Change” beat at the WaPost. If there isn’t real news, they have to create it to generate content. They all are perfect candidates for the layoffs that Bezos just announced at the Post. So we get silly stories like this where they find some locations that are experiencing mild winters and blow it up into a “we aren’t going to have a Winter Olympics anymore” story.


13 posted on 02/04/2026 12:47:25 PM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Here in Indy it hasn’t gotten above freezing in over two weeks.


14 posted on 02/04/2026 12:54:03 PM PST by circlecity
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To: JV3MRC

It was 25 degrees in Florida last week- could’ve held them there


15 posted on 02/04/2026 12:55:50 PM PST by God luvs America
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To: JV3MRC

WaPo is looking to layoff a bunch of deadwood to reduce costs. We have three good candidates right here.


16 posted on 02/04/2026 12:57:10 PM PST by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative. )
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To: circlecity

I’ll be there in two weeks for the NFL combine. Please heat it up!!!


17 posted on 02/04/2026 12:57:16 PM PST by God luvs America
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To: JV3MRC

If they want to hold it here, there’s still some snow on the ground.


18 posted on 02/04/2026 12:57:22 PM PST by kawhill (Dywedwch Wrthym + Add translation Welsh-English dictionary 'Tell Us')
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To: JV3MRC

Trump’s fault!


19 posted on 02/04/2026 12:58:17 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Yesterday only comes one time. —Sorrells Pickard)
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Sounds like they haven’t released enough fake news reporters yet🤷🏼‍♂️


20 posted on 02/04/2026 12:59:50 PM PST by TnTnTn
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