Posted on 05/02/2025 4:01:49 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Having abandoned objective reporting, the mainstream media’s refusal to adopt a neutral stance on climate change has transformed a complex scientific debate into a monolithic narrative of impending catastrophe.
Far from being impartial arbiters, media outlets are enthusiastic propagandists recycling doomsday predictions that consistently fail to materialize while ignoring a wealth of scientific research that challenges the narrative of disastrous warming.
This isn’t journalism; it is activism disguised as truth telling. The result? A global populace misled, policymakers swayed by fiction, and developing nations shackled by energy policies that prioritize “green” ideology over human well-being.
Lies, more Lies and Panic
Virtually every major publisher and broadcaster -- from The Atlantic and Los Angeles Times to the Guardian and BBC -- regularly churns out forecasts of a climate apocalypse. These outlets operate from a “post-truth” playbook: Amplify the most extreme prediction, discard it when disproven, and report the next scary story.
In 1971, the Washington Post said fossil fuel emissions would usher in an ice age. Yes, you read it right: an ice age! In 2006, the Guardian proclaimed the future would be a no-snow zone in parts of the U.K. In 2009, CBS reported that Arctic ice would soon vanish in summer. The problem: All those frantic, fearmongering prophesies did not come to pass.
The 1970s “global cooling” scare, the 2000s hurricane frenzy, the 2010s “ocean acidification” panic each was breathlessly reported and quietly abandoned. The goal isn’t accuracy; it’s perpetuating fear.
Media elevate non-experts to prophetic status while sidelining rigorous scientific discourse. If Al Gore was the prophet of climate doom, Greta Thunberg became its patron saint. Thunberg, a teenager with no scientific credentials, was catapulted to global fame through feckless reporting and cynical exploitation of a child. Her 2019 “How dare you?” speech, a masterclass in emotional rhetoric
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“Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive,” - Sir Walter Scott, “Marmion”
>Virtually every major publisher and broadcaster — from The Atlantic and Los Angeles Times to the Guardian and BBC — regularly churns out forecasts of a climate apocalypse. These outlets operate from a “post-truth” playbook: Amplify the most extreme prediction, discard it when disproven, and report the next scary story.
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.”
— H. L. Mencken
Useful sites re: “Climate Change”:
The climate has and always will change. While I don’t think carbon emissions from coal fueled power plants and exhaust from planes, trains, and various vehicles do the environment or our health any good, I do think the harm is grossly overblown. The air quality in this country at least, has gotten better. I remember the smog summers of the 60’s and 70’s, haven’t seen one in the Northeast since. New technology brings emissions down drastically. The problem is countries like China who don’t give a damn and are building coal fired powerplants without clean tech. But whether or not that plays a significant role in climate change has not been proven as far as I’m concerned.
Note how the recent blackout of the entire country of Spain was reported. There were vague references to “atmospheric conditions” and other less than probable causes, but no one seemed to acknowledge the actual cause was the solar farms setting the entire grid out of sync causing the country wide shutdown.
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