IT
IS ALSO NOT JUST THE GOVERNMENT.
IT IS THE MEDIA AS
WELL.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A MEDIA MATTERS BROADCAST
COVERAGE.
WE KNOW HOW MUCH THE MEDIA WAS COVERING HURRICANES
THEY JUST CHOSE NOT TO MAKE THE CONNECTION CLEAR.
THANK YOU FOX FOR DOING
THAT.
CNN AND MSNBC CERTAINLY COULD DO MORE CONSIDERING THEIR
24 HOUR COVERAGE OF THE HURRICANES BUT THEY DID AT LEAST
MENTION IT ON OCCASIONS.
DOING QUICK MATH HERE.
CNN AND MSNBC DID 6.
FOXNEWS IS SIX AGAINST.
THAT IS
FIVE NETWORKS AND IT IS A NET 0.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
ALL
OF THE WORLD SCIENTISTS AGREE WHAT HAPPENED.
THEY ALL AGREE
THE STORMS ARE WORSE BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE BUT ON THE
SO-CALLED LIBERAL MEDIA YOU ACTUALLY ALMOST NEVER HEAR THAT.
CNN AND MSNBC ARE 24 HOURS A DAY, SO WOW.
IN THIS GIANT PERIOD
OF TWO WEEKS AT LEAST.
AUGUST 23 TO SEPTEMBER 7, THEY DID A
COMBINED 6 SEGMENTS IN A SPAN OF 24 HOURS AFTER 24 HOURS
AND THIS IS GIANT NEWS THAT AT LEAST GIVE THEM CREDIT THAT
THEY DID IT ARE.
THAT IS TRUE.
TO BE FAIR WE DO TWO HOURS A DAY.
I KNOW WE HAVE DONE MORE THAN 10 SEGMENTS IN THE LAST TWO
WEEKS AND WE DO FAR LESS THAN 112 THE COVERAGE THEY DO.
THE RIGHT WING, AND I HATE TO ALWAYS ñ I WANT TO BE
NAME-CALLING BUT FROM THE RIGHT THEY EFFECTIVELY MESSAGE AND THE
MESSAGE THAT THEY HAVE ALLOWED TO GET OUT THERE AND IT STUCK IS
THAT TALK ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE IS A POLITICIZATION OF SCIENCE
AND THEY HAVE CREATED THIS IDEA THAT TALKING ABOUT IS A LEFTIST
THING TO DO AND NEWSROOMS AT THOSE NETWORKS HAVE ACCEPTED
THAT AND IT IS JUST NOT TRUE.
THERE IS SCIENCE BEHIND THIS BUT
I THINK THAT IS THEIR MESSAGING STICKING AND IT IS BEING
INTERNALIZED AND EDITORIAL DECISIONS AT THE NETWORKS.
THE ONE THING WE CAN SEE HERE DEFINITIVELY SHOWN IS THERE IS
NO LIBERAL BIAS.
IF ANYTHING IT IS THE OPPOSITE.
IF YOU THINK
THAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO WORK THERE ARE LIBERALS, I UNDERSTAND
THAT AND THERE ARE SOME STUDIES THAT BACK THAT UP.
THEY MAINLY
TALK ABOUT PRINTS, BUT ON CBI WOULD BE SURPRISED EITHER.
WE'RE NOT DENYING THAT REALITY BUT THEY DON'T MAKE THE
DECISIONS.
THE HIGHER-UPS DO AND THEY ARE AT A
MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR CORPORATION.
THEY ARE NOT LIBERALS.
THOSE
CORPORATIONS WANT LOWER TAXES AND DEREGULATION AND BY THE WAY,
PART OF THE REGULATION IS ON THIS ISSUE AS WELL.
IF WE WERE
GOING TO TAKE PROPER PRECAUTIONS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE YOU WOULD
HAVE A LOT MORE REGULATIONS.
SOME OF THEIR TOP ADVERTISERS ARE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY SO
THERE IS A LOT OF FACTORS THAT LEAD THEM TO NOT BE
REMOTELY LIBERAL.
THAT IS NOT FAIR.
BP IS JUST TRYING TO SELL GIANT BARRELS OF OIL TO PEOPLE
WATCHING THE MORNING SHOW ON MSNBC.
I HAVE ONE IN MY BEDROOM.
IT IS BIG BUT IT COULD COME IN
HANDY ONE DAY.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT, THERE ARE COMPANIES THAT DON'T SELL
ANYTHING TO THE PUBLIC.
AT LEAST BP COULD MAKE AN ARGUMENT,
YOU COULD STOP AT OUR GAS STATIONS AND WHETHER THEY ARE IN
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS A LOT MORE RELEVANT, BUT AT LEAST IT CAN BE
AN ARGUMENT.
THERE ARE SOME GIANT COMPANIES THAT DON'T SELL ANYTHING TO
CONSUMERS BUT THEY DO MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ADVERTISING IN TV.
WHAT YOU THINK THEY DO THAT?
THEY DO THAT SO YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT THE PROBLEMS THAT THEY
CREATE.
THIS IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THAT.
FINALLY, EVEN
IF YOU THINK THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY A ALL ARE LIBERALS OF
THESE MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS THAN THEY HAVE AT LEAST BEEN COWED BY
THE RIGHT WING INTO NOT SAYING ANYTHING.
BECAUSE OH MY GOD,
THEY WILL CALL US LIBERAL.
EVEN THOUGH ALL THE SCIENTISTS AGREE
WHAT IS HAPPENING, LET US NOT REPORT THE FACTS, LET'S NOT
REPORT THE FACTS BECAUSE THE NAMES THAT THE RIGHT WING MIGHT
CALL US, THAT IS NOT GERMAN JOURNALISM.
THAT IS SOMETHING
ELSE ALTOGETHER.
IF YOU ARE NEUTRAL TO THE FACTS THAT MEANS
YOU ARE NOT A JOURNALIST.
YOU HAVE TO BE OBJECTIVE ABOUT THE
FACTS.
NEUTRAL IS SOME PEOPLE SAY THERE'S CLIMATE CHANGE AND
OTHER PEOPLE SAY THERE ISN'T.
I WISH I WAS A JOURNALIST SO I
COULD FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE WAS WHICH BUT I'M NOT GOING TO TELL
YOU, I'M JUST GOING TO SET UP BECAUSE OTHERWISE FOXNEWS MIGHT
YELL AT ME.
AN OBJECTIVE JOURNALIST GOES IS WHAT THE
SCIENTISTS ARE REPORTING DEFINITIVELY.
HERE'S WHAT THE
REALITY IS AND HERE'S WHERE FAMILIES SUFFERING.
HERE'S WHY
WE'RE HAVING CLIMATE CHANGE AND WHY THE HURRICANES ARE MUCH MORE
SEVERE.
DO YOUR JOB IN THE MEDIA.
IF YOU WON'T, I GUESS
WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW IS WHAT IS HAPPENING.
WE WILL REPLACE YOU.
THAT'S WHY A LOT OF THESE NETWORKS HAVE AUDIENCES THAT ARE
ANCIENT.
THEY'RE NOT ADDING ANYONE NEW BECAUSE I HAVE NEWS
FOR YOU.
ONLINE WE CAN LOOK THINGS UP.
WHEN YOU OMIT THE
FACTS, WHEN YOU DON'T ZERO JOURNALISM PEOPLE DO NOT TRUST
YOU ANYMORE AND THEY JUST LEAVE.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IS
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.