Video from The People’s Climate March:
Marchers filled up an estimated twenty-five city
blocks in what is being described as the largest action against climate
change in history, but the mainstream television coverage has been
invisible. The march went ignored by the Sunday morning news shows,
which instead chose to focus on ISIS and the NFL.
Cable news provided no live coverage of the event
despite the fact that it was taking place in the same city where all
three networks are either located or have bureaus. Would it really have
been difficult for the so called progressive network MSNBC to go down
the street and provide live coverage? A live stream of the march would
have been much more interesting to viewers than the standard fare of
talking heads discussing the midterm elections.
The media always seems to have an excuse for why
they ignore progressive marches, but there is no escaping the fact that
they ignored the People’s Climate March because it was an event that
drew progressive lawmakers and activists from all around the world. The
corporate run media doesn’t want to discuss climate issues out of fear
that they will alienate that climate change deniers in the Republican
Party.
The climate change marches are happening around the globe, NBC News reported,
“In London, organizers said 40,000 took part including actress Emma
Thompson and musician Peter Gabriel. A march in Melbourne, Australia
drew 10,000 people.” American television networks have decided that
citizens don’t need to be informed about the biggest march against
climate change in history.
It never ceases to amaze that a tea party rally
featuring a dozen people can get more mainstream television coverage
than a progressive march that features hundreds of thousands in the
nation’s biggest city. The UN Climate Change Summit begins today,
but if our media can ignore 100,000 voices, there is zero chance that
they will ever take their responsibility to inform the American people
about climate change seriously.
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