toussaintMar 20, 2023
This image from today's IPCC synthesis report is a brutal 'final warning'. The existing policy trajectory represents a profound failure of our governments, and of our international political system. We need much more aggressive mitigation and much stronger international cooperation and to end capitalism #StrikeReady2024 #CapitalismIsKillingYOU
Show threadtoussaint
the IPCC report called 'final warning':
From: Media Matters
"Major cable TV networks devoted just 12 minutes to discussing the report, with the vast majority of coverage coming on CNN. Fox News didn’t mention the report at all."
#StrikeReady2024 #CapitalismIsKillingYOU #climatechange #climate
https://mediamatters.org/cable-news/study-latest-ipcc-report-calling-urgent-action-climate-change-garners-just-14-minutes
Study: Latest IPCC report calling for urgent action on climate change garners just 14 minutes of corporate broadcast and cable TV news coverage

Media Matters for America
Mar 22, 2023 at 4:50pmWeb
Show threadUrzlMar 23, 2023
@toussaint It should never have been acceptable that any enterprise could ever dump its waste product on the commons.
Show threadKevin LeecasterMar 25, 2023

@toussaint
Media gives the people what they want not what they need regrettably.

From 2018: A new and distressing report from Media Matters reveals that most major broadcast TV networks are completely ignoring the link between unprecedented heat waves and climate change. https://www.sciencealert.com/us-heatwave-burning-up-media-climate-change

The US Is Burning Up, But No One Wants to Talk About The Elephant in The Room

It's hot.

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