[lbo-talk] more Americans deny reality

Bill O'Connor billyoc at gmail.com
Wed Mar 11 12:11:39 PDT 2009


Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> writes:


> <http://www.gallup.com/poll/116590/Increased-Number-Think-Global-Warming-Exaggerated.aspx
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> March 11, 2009
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> Increased Number Think Global Warming Is “Exaggerated”
> Most believe global warming is happening, but urgency has stalled

You can't get any news coverage on any issue unless you're statements are more shrill, louder and more dire than the last one. People get "doom fatigue" when they here things like "the problem is so bad that it's too late to do anything about it"[1]. That sort of chicken littlery is counterproductive, but again, you can't get a newspaper or TV network to pay attention to you any other way.

[1] http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/27/MNQP15H779.DTL



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