Right-Wing Sleuths Find the LA Fires Culprit: Once Again, It’s Wokeness
Coverage of the LA fires demonstrates that in the Murdoch fantasyland, “wokeness” can be used to blame literally anything.
WaPo Says Not to Worry About Climate Disruption’s Disastrous Costs:
Reassuring report based on long-debunked climate contrarian
The Washington Post’s “Climate Lab” seems to be working hard to cast doubt on whether climate change is really causing weather disasters to be more expensive.
‘The Insurance Industry Is the Fossil Fuel Industry’:
CounterSpin interview with Derek Seidman on insurance and climate
The insurance industry itself is a main actor in driving the rise of extreme weather, through its very close relationship to the fossil fuel industry.
Derek Seidman on Insurance and Climate, Insha Rahman on Immigration Conversation
Why are events we pay insurance for a “crisis” for the industry we pay it to? The unceasing effects of climate disruption will only throw that question into more relief.
Reports on Heat Waves and Flooding Usually Neglect to Explain Why They’re Happening: Study
Despite ample reporting on extreme weather events, a majority of news outlets still did not link these events to their cause: climate change.
‘Punishments for Corporations and CEOs Are Just Paltry’:
CounterSpin interview with Robert Weissman on Boeing scandal
“There’s no sense in which holding corporations accountable for following the law is going to interfere with the functioning of the economy.”
Christopher Bosso on Food Assistance, Barbara Briggs on Workplace Disasters
The primary food aid program, SNAP, while the constant target of the racist, drown-government-in-the-bathtub crowd, keeps on keeping on.
Maui Fire Coverage Ignored Fossil Fuel Responsibility
News reports largely confused the climate crisis’s contribution to the fire, and ignored the role of fossil fuels in planetary heating.
As Skies Turn Orange, Media Still Hesitate to Mention What’s Changing Climate
On US TV news, viewers were more likely to hear climate denial than the connection between fossil fuel consumption and worsening wildfires.
Mainland Media Fail to Ask Why Puerto Rico Requires ‘Resilience’
The funeral of Queen Elizabeth seemed to take precedence over Puerto Ricans’ dire circumstances in the aftermath of Fiona.
Blaming the Victims—Not the System—for Bronx Fire Deaths
As media covered a devastating fire in the Bronx, two culprits were somehow off the list: the landlord and the city’s housing department.
‘Workers Are the Best Guarantors of Their Own Safety When They’re Organized’
“Not all is hopeless, and with international pressure, it’s possible to push change.”
As US Broils and Europe Floods, Media Dismiss EU Climate Plan as ‘Ambitious’
When humans seek to take aggressive action against climate change, reporters frame those goals as lofty and unlikely to succeed.
Sunday Shows Hit Snooze on Climate Alarm
If we have any hope of addressing the climate crisis, journalists have to move beyond debating its existence or importance, and start looking at both its causes—very concretely, looking at culprits—and its solutions.
Media Blame Gender Reveal Parties, Not Climate Change, for West Coast Fires
Discussing the West Coast heatwave and fires, corporate media have been extremely hesitant to frame the discussion around climate change.
US Media Can’t Think How to Fight Fires Without $1-an-Hour Prison Labor
Coverage dances around the fact that there are plenty of workers available in a state with 2.5 million people currently unemployed.
‘Public Ownership Can Eliminate Some of Those Warped Incentives Associated With Monopoly’
“This is a huge opportunity for California to create an energy system that’s rooted in climate justice, that’s rooted in the realities of the changing climate, and how they’re going to ensure that they actually are creating a resilient California.”
Naomi Walker on Covid-19 Relief, Johanna Bozuwa on the Last ‘New Normal’
The $150 billion designated for state, local and tribal governments as relief from the Covid-19 crisis is nowhere near what those governments will need—and not just that, but forcing them to cut budgets just as they need to be spending more is going to drive a cycle that only hurts more those already hurting.
As Brazil Burns, Northern Media Deploy a Strategy of Deflection
As the world’s attention focused on the fire crisis last week, media companies employed several strategies to deflect attention from its root causes.
According to NYT, ‘Relentless Flooding’ in Midwest Just Happens
The New York Times provided yet another example of a major news outlet covering the catastrophic effects of the ongoing climate crisis without ever mentioning that crisis.
