01 Nov '12, 9pm

In Wake of Superstorm Sandy, #Media Connects The Dots On #ClimateChange

Journalism is usually at its best in the wake of disaster. The tragic scenes we are seeing on the airwaves and in the newspapers in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy are a bitter testament to that. Our hearts go out to the victims and survivors. At its best, the media also excels in helping explain the causes of a disaster in the days and weeks that follow. Good journalists help us answer the question that’s always the same: Why? Th ankfully, when it comes to explaining the role of climate change in weather-related disasters like Superstorm Sandy, members of the media are generally doing their job on that front too. Bloomberg Businessweek does it the best in its latest edition, with its simple but painfully poignant cover story, It’s Global Warming, Stupid. “Yes, yes, it’s unsophisticated to blame any given storm on climate change,” writes Paul M. Barrett, assistant managi...

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