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The Media Really Does Matter
by Frank J. Regan
The media, that is, the way you get information
about our environment and who you get it from really does matter. We
are living in Exceptional Times, where anthropogenic (man-made)
changes to the wholesale environment may jeopardize our children’s
ability to survive in it.
Just think a moment about the news reporting on
the frantic and irresponsible reporting on the buildup to the Iraq
War (
Bill Moyers Journal . Buying the War . Additional Interviews PBS)
and then look around you. Would our country be in the dire straits
we are in the Middle East if our media had been responsible, free,
unfettered, and doing their job properly?
So, is it with environmental matters, the media
is not doing their job in informing us in an unbiased, intelligent,
responsible way. Find out from Media Matters the problems
surrounding the most salient (as there are many large environmental
problems we are facing) and imminent environmental problem—
Media
Matters - Global Warming: Misinformation Action Center Get a
sense of the way this critical issue is being manipulated by a
biased press only concerned with making profits for their
constituents.
Foremost, before we can even attempt to change
how our society addresses the plethora of environmental issues
facing us, we must educate ourselves about the facts, who to trust
on getting those facts and who to trust on keeping us informed of
the impacts or footprints of man on our environment. Enough
politicking the environment, enough dodging the issues about our
environment because you don’t think it’s important. If you don’t
believe that Global Warming or pollution, the loss of biodiversity
are important enough issues to you to pay attention to then
We Don’t Get It!
And a good reason why we don’t get it is
because we are not listening to the correct media, those who are
doing their job independently of corporate influence and policies,
and actually competently gathering the fact, connecting the dots,
and reporting to the public.
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