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Fox News: "400,000 Protesters Participated in People's Climate March"
Fox News: "400,000 Protesters Participated in People's Climate March"
Dear Ombudsman,Monday AM Update:
Today over 300,000 people marched in New York for climate action. Hundreds of thousands around the world joined in solidarity rallies, including myself. The pictures from New York were amazing.At 5 PM (Pacific) I turned on NPR news to see what they say about the rally.The lead item was about some US general who said the Ukraine cease-fire is not really there, quoting his analysis of the situation at length. To my knowledge nothing dramatic has happened over there in recent days. The second item was about 1500 firefighters fighting the huge California fires - a worthy item, no question. A slew of items followed, including a re-broadcast of what Rep. King (R-Iowa) had to say on Fox News about the guy who breached security at the White House (but caused no damage).After 5 minutes, a dozen or so items and still no mention of the climate march, I gave up in disgust and switched to a music station. I find it beyond ridiculous, that the event considered top news by leading media around the world and happening on the very same coast of the US where NPR HQ is located, was nowhere to be found, rather than being the lead item.I now visited your website, where coverage of the march is currently posted with this lovely title:
"Large Protests In Hundreds Of Cities Vent Ire Over Climate Change"Ire? Vent? Do you run a special class to reporters, in how to create dismissive headlines for news items? By the way, the story body was somewhat better, but still taking a "lighter" view of the issue.I have long suspected - with good evidence - that NPR news does little more than shill for the same interest that dominate our politics and mainstream media, albeit with a high-brow veneer. I think the final proof has arrived today.Sincerely,Assaf
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