Frozen Out: 98% of Stories Ignore That Ice-bound Ship Was On Global Warming Mission
A group of climate change scientists were rescued by helicopter Jan. 2,
after being stranded in the ice since Christmas morning. But the
majority of the broadcast networks’ reports about the ice-locked climate
researchers never mentioned climate change.
The Russian ship, Akademic Shokalskiy, was stranded in the ice while on
a climate change research expedition, yet nearly 98 percent of network
news reports about the stranded researchers failed to mention their
mission at all. Forty out of 41 stories (97.5 percent) on the network
morning and evening news shows since Dec. 25 failed to mention climate
change had anything to do with the expedition.
In fact, rather than point out the mission was to find evidence of
climate change, the networks often referred to the stranded people as
“passengers,” “trackers” and even “tourists,” without a word about
climate change or global warming.
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mike-ciandella/2014/01/02/frozen-out-98-stories-ignore-ice-bound-ship-was-global-warming-missi#ixzz2pLvZs9lX
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