Posted on 06/12/2015 7:48:08 PM PDT by RightGeek
On Wednesday, the Weather Channel launched a dramatic campaign it says is intended to help shift the climate change conversation from science to solutions.
The series of short videos, called Climate 25, is surprisingly political for a venue like the Weather Channel, and most are aimed at making the case for urgent action from a conservative, Republican angle. Among the featured speakers are U.S. Army Gen. Charles H. Jacoby (Ret.); Henry Paulson, a former CEO of Goldman Sachs who served as secretary of the treasury under President George W. Bush from 2006 to 2009; and Paul Polman, the CEO of Unilever. At one point, Christine Todd Whitman, the EPA administrator under George W. Bush, addresses Republicans directly, saying, Its our issue.
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I asked the Weather Channel president, David Clark, about the apparent shift toward explicitly engaging conservatives. We felt that we needed to give a stage to some of the more courageous voices on the right, he said, despite the fact that we are not policy experts; we are scientists.
The Weather Channels TV audience skews older and more conservative than the general public, and thats exactly the people who are most resistant to taking action on climate change, per recent polling data. (Prospectors, a Weather Channel reality show about looking for gold and gems in the Rocky Mountains, was among Republicans most beloved in 2014.) With Climate 25, the Weather Channel made a conscious decision to confront these viewers head on, using voices the channels executives thought would be relatable.
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In keeping with the often apocalyptic tone of the Weather Channels website, most of the messages are framed with bold phrases, like this is the beginning of real trouble in our world and the status quo is long gone.
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Month is not over, h8erz! /joking
It’s amazing how far some fabrics will stretch.
funding from the rats hanging on a string in front of them
I am so past Global Cooling, Global Warming, and now the weather neutral claim of Climate Change. The climate has changed since the dawn of time. It will keep on changing likely long after man no longer walks this planet. Deal with it. I am not giving you any money pay any taxes because you are a scare monger. Piss off..........
Internet discussions of historical weather data ist verboten. Just like any kind of factual discussions of gunz.
Use Snarlin Arlen’s reply: Not Proven.
Shit up and tell me if it’s going to rain today or not. That’s all I need out of you.
Thanks,
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I agree, I mean... I second the emotion.
Oh, NOW you've gone and done it!
John Coleman. He has a facebook page and is keeping up the fight.
He didn’t retire, Ted Turner stole it from him
Is this the same auspicious news source that airs, “Fat Guys in the Woods?”
Airs a series on rock hunters digging through dirt for $100 gems?
I could go on, but this weather channel is not the one that originally aired many years ago!
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