Article in The Guardian by Mark Hrtsgaard and Kyle Pope, 1/16/25
Headline: “The media needs to show how the climate crisis is fueling the LA wildfires”
Subhead: “With few exceptions, the news has shied away from showing how the unfolding climate crisis plays a large role in the disaster”
“Last week, as the Sunset fire was bearing down on her Los Angeles home, Allison Agsten approached a group of television news crews gathering in her neighborhood. Did any of them plan to mention the role of the climate crisis in their reporting?”
“. . .Alas, these mega-fires have called forth a mega-failure by much of the news media. A review of coverage to date shows that most journalism is still not accurately representing how the climate crisis is upending our civilization by driving increasingly frequent and severe extreme weather.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/16/climate-crisis-la-california-wildfires
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Article in Media Matters by Ilana Berger, 1/15/25
Headline: “Right-wing media insist climate change has nothing to do with LA wildfires despite a clear connection”
Subhead: “Research consistently shows that droughts in the Western US have been exacerbated by climate change”
“Right-wing media are trying to de legitimize climate change as a real and growing threat to the West Coast, just as that threat becomes most evident.
“Several unusual January wildfires have been burning in Los Angeles County since January 7. Despite the clear connection between global warming and the increasingly dry conditions that lead to fire hazards, right-wing media are following their familiar playbook and blaming what they call California’s ‘failed’ policies for the ongoing crisis.”
https://www.mediamatters.org/climate-deniers/right-wing-media-insist-climate-change-has-nothing-do-la-wildfires-despite-clear
