TV news endumbens viewers on climate, again

TV news endumbens viewers on climate, again | Grist

grist.org 09 Jul '12, 10pm

TV news endumbens viewers on climate, again

This clip, from the Sunday roundtable on ABC’s This Week , is just horrific. It was physically difficult for me to watch. I wanted to claw my eyes out. However, I suspect it’s fairly par for the course on mainstream political TV. Witness: Start with the host, who begins by saying that climate change has become a political football for “everyone” on “both sides.” Really? What I see is one side fitfully and ineffectively trying to grapple with the problem and do something about it, while the other side rejects established science as the product of a global conspiracy. EJ Dionne then tries to insert what passes for sanity these days, with a fairly sensible analogy to taking out insurance. Then comes smug, oleaginous climate denier George Will: How do we explain the heat? One word: summer. I grew up in central Illinois in a house without air conditioning. What is so unusual ab...

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@gravelbar » 13 Jul '12, 2pm
Jaw-dropping TV news stupidity on climate change: [link]
@itizmark » 13 Jul '12, 5am
Ask yourself: Why is Chris Hayes on at 8 a.m. on cable, while George Will gets a prime Sunday slot on a network? [link]
@dpogreba » 11 Jul '12, 6pm
Sure, HBO's #Newsroom is almost unbearably smug, but isn't it pretty on point about the state of media today? [link]
@Luv410s » 11 Jul '12, 11am
PEEPS!!! The avg. temp is 10 degrees hotter than last yr. TV news endumbens viewers on climate, again | Grist [link]
@Bentler » 10 Jul '12, 2pm
TV news endumbens viewers on climate, again: "I wanted to claw my eyes out." [link] #climate #journalism
@Camz99 » 10 Jul '12, 7am
"TV news endumbens viewers on climate, again" - [link] - shared from @TaptuGreen
@ClubGreenNL » 10 Jul '12, 7am
Oprechte woede over de Amerikaanse blindheid voor #klimaatverandering: [link] #climate #change #denial #USA #conspiracy
@Earth_NewsRT » 10 Jul '12, 5am
RT @softgrasswalker RT @AntoniaZ: TV news endumbens viewers on climate, again | Grist [link] #p2 #... [link]
@scruffydan » 10 Jul '12, 5am
In a sane world, George Will would be roundly criticized for mocking heat wave victims [link] … via @drgrist
@softgrasswalker » 10 Jul '12, 5am
RT @AntoniaZ: TV news endumbens viewers on climate, again | Grist [link] #p2 #climate #environment #globalwarming #denial
@AlJavieera » 10 Jul '12, 5am
"preppy pencil-ass pundit George Will thinks we should get over it" [link] +1 for @drgrist for a deserved & great line.
@drgrist » 10 Jul '12, 5am
@josh_nelson @JoshRosenau The link to George Will being a turd is here now: [link]
@stuffalanlikes » 10 Jul '12, 4am
this is the most pathetic discussion on #climatechange since fox news... #350 [link]
@AntoniaZ » 10 Jul '12, 4am
TV news endumbens viewers on climate, again | Grist [link] #p2 #climate #environment #globalwarming #denial
@PaulHRosenberg » 10 Jul '12, 2am
George Will is a criminal (receiving stolen property): [link] Also a psychopath (global warming denial): [link]
@ShaunaDeNada » 10 Jul '12, 2am
.@drgrist on the dumbest "discussion" of climate change this week on msm and how prime time needs #uppers [link]
@hardknoxfirst » 10 Jul '12, 2am
RT @SandiBehrns: TV news endumbens viewers on climate, again [link]
@troyxholmes » 10 Jul '12, 2am
RT @grist: TV news endumbens viewers on climate, again [link] The "one side" that's struggling with ... [link]
@DrSuRu » 10 Jul '12, 1am
TV news endumbens viewers on climate, again | Grist [link] George Will is an ignorant douchebag
@sejorg » 10 Jul '12, 12am
RT @grist: TV news endumbens viewers on climate, again [link] #sej
@starbell » 10 Jul '12, 12am
Oh look a conehead doggie! [link]
@nartured » 09 Jul '12, 11pm
TV news endumbens viewers on climate, again [link] #Article
@climatebrad » 09 Jul '12, 11pm
Shorter @drgrist: @ChrisLHayes will never get into the Gang of 500. [link] #climate #poisonedweather #dropdeniers
@UrbanRedev » 09 Jul '12, 11pm
RT @grist TV news endumbens viewers on climate, again [link] and again, and again, y otra vez...
@jranck » 09 Jul '12, 10pm
TV news endumbens viewers on climate, again | Grist [link] more #agnotology from George Will & Co.
@conoverbeth » 09 Jul '12, 10pm
RT @drgrist: Cd George Will casually defend vaccine/autism connection or AIDS denialism on ABC? No. Why climate denial? [link]
@timmcdonnell » 09 Jul '12, 10pm
.@drgrist on the inability of TV news anchors to report intelligently on #climate change, via @grist [link]
@drgrist » 09 Jul '12, 10pm
George Will, to those concerned about climate impacts, heat waves & wildfires: it's just summer. "Get over it." [link]
@NJHighlands » 09 Jul '12, 10pm
Indeed, but watch the 3 @upwithchris clips at end. RT @drgrist My new post: TV news endumbens viewers on climate, again [link]
@pcfulCOaLiTiON » 09 Jul '12, 10pm
TV news endumbens viewers on climate, again - A recent ABC clip on climate and extreme weather is physically difficu... [link]
@traceydurning » 09 Jul '12, 10pm
"How do we explain the heat? One word: summer." George Will is officially a douchebag. [link]
@drgrist » 09 Jul '12, 10pm
Could George Will casually defend vaccine/autism connection or AIDS denialism on ABC? No. Why climate denial then? [link]
@papicek » 09 Jul '12, 10pm
Not just climate. In lots of ways. RT @drgrist: My new post: TV news endumbens viewers on climate, again [link]
@Cymbeline3 » 09 Jul '12, 10pm
RT @drgrist: My new post: TV news endumbens viewers on climate, again [link]
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My new post: TV news endumbens viewers on climate, again [link]
@watermelon_man » 09 Jul '12, 10pm
RT @AthConservation: TV news endumbens viewers on climate, again [link]
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@Rood4Piedmont » 09 Jul '12, 11pm
RT @drgrist: Could George Will casually defend vaccine/autism connection or AIDS denialism on ABC? No. Why climate denial then? [link]
» 09 Jul '12, 11pm
My new post: TV news endumbens viewers on climate, again [link]
@grist » 09 Jul '12, 11pm
TV news endumbens viewers on climate, again [link]
@topher_mullins » 09 Jul '12, 11pm
RT @AthConservation: TV news endumbens viewers on climate, again [link]
@exceedingly » 09 Jul '12, 10pm
RT @drgrist: George Will, to those concerned about climate impacts, heat waves & wildfires: it's just summer. "Get over it." [link]
@smarcopoulos » 09 Jul '12, 10pm
RT @drgrist: George Will, to those concerned about climate impacts, heat waves & wildfires: it's just summer. "Get over it." [link]
@exceedingly » 09 Jul '12, 10pm
RT @drgrist: Could George Will casually defend vaccine/autism connection or AIDS denialism on ABC? No. Why climate denial then? [link]
@makharya » 09 Jul '12, 10pm
RT @drgrist: Could George Will casually defend vaccine/autism connection or AIDS denialism on ABC? No. Why climate denial then? [link]
@dokrider » 09 Jul '12, 10pm
RT @drgrist: Could George Will casually defend vaccine/autism connection or AIDS denialism on ABC? No. Why climate denial then? [link]
@Csoar2004 » 09 Jul '12, 10pm
RT @drgrist: My new post: TV news endumbens viewers on climate, again [link]
@AdmiralRJ » 09 Jul '12, 10pm
TV news endumbens viewers on climate, again | Grist [link]
@AthConservation » 09 Jul '12, 10pm
TV news endumbens viewers on climate, again [link]