Always important information here. But I remain concerned that even the basics of climate change aren’t getting to the general population. It’s appalling that climate change is rarely a top issue among voters. And mass media is abdicating its responsibilities. If we had just one climate/environment story for every celebrity puff piece, a…
Always important information here. But I remain concerned that even the basics of climate change aren’t getting to the general population. It’s appalling that climate change is rarely a top issue among voters. And mass media is abdicating its responsibilities. If we had just one climate/environment story for every celebrity puff piece, an educated public might be motivated to take constructive action.
Maybe if we all publicize and politicize the horrendous carbon emissions generated by the uber rich flying around in private jets we could move the mass media meaningfully?
Mass media is owned by corporations that benefit from the status quo. MSM is not what it was even 20 years ago. It does not benefit MSM’s owners to communicate the reality of our situation, and there seems to be a concerted effort to keep the general public constantly distracted and always stressed. Not to mention the fact that so many of us are barely hanging on financially (despite the jobs report and profits on Wall Street, neither of which seems to have trickled down into the average person’s reality since wages are not keeping up, and housing is now a huge profit center for corporations along with our so-called health insurance). Average people are struggling, and the truth about so much is obscured and hard to find.
Always important information here. But I remain concerned that even the basics of climate change aren’t getting to the general population. It’s appalling that climate change is rarely a top issue among voters. And mass media is abdicating its responsibilities. If we had just one climate/environment story for every celebrity puff piece, an educated public might be motivated to take constructive action.
Maybe if we all publicize and politicize the horrendous carbon emissions generated by the uber rich flying around in private jets we could move the mass media meaningfully?
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Mass media is owned by corporations that benefit from the status quo. MSM is not what it was even 20 years ago. It does not benefit MSM’s owners to communicate the reality of our situation, and there seems to be a concerted effort to keep the general public constantly distracted and always stressed. Not to mention the fact that so many of us are barely hanging on financially (despite the jobs report and profits on Wall Street, neither of which seems to have trickled down into the average person’s reality since wages are not keeping up, and housing is now a huge profit center for corporations along with our so-called health insurance). Average people are struggling, and the truth about so much is obscured and hard to find.