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    Channel 4 news mentions global warming! Archived Message

    Posted by Ian M on February 25, 2019, 10:59 pm

    I was mildly surprised to see channel 4 news mention the context of global warming when covering the extreme heat today, and weatherman Liam Dutton doing a vox pop that for once included people talking about how crazy and disquieting it was. Then Jon Snow crashed into the next section with a nearly shouted 'don't mention the war' - ironic given that the same dynamic operates in the media wrt global warming, and that most of the time they just present people appreciating 'unseasonal warmth' and hitting the beach to get their f*ing tan started early.

    http://www.channel4.com/news/uk-experiences-warmest-february-day-on-record

    Is this an outcome of Extinction Rebellion's agitation, I wonder? Bless C4, I feel like patting them on the head for reporting at least once the crucial context an honest media would have been screaming from the rooftops for the last 50 years... How long will they manage to keep it up, I wonder? Or more like, when's the next Martin Durkin documentary going to come along to add necessary 'balance' to the debate?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Global_Warming_Swindle

    cheers,
    I

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