Our Last Chance to Preserve Life On Earth Is Slipping Away

AlterNet by Larry Schweiger | Aug. 17, 2009 (Editorial)

Shallow news coverage causes most Americans to underestimate the urgency of the threat of global warming. ... Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
4.7
 by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 17, 2009

Schweiger looks at the ignorance regarding climate change and the concomitant culpability of corporate dominated mainscream media that even refuses to air responsible views. A sharp indictment of the media.

We need a fairness doctrine reinstituted, and a breakup of the media oligopoly that is so easily controlled by dirty oil and coal.

a “wide gap has developed between what is understood about global warming by the relevant scientific communities and what is known by policymakers and the public.”

The elimination of the Fairness Doctrine was one of the most devastating attacks on truth.

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