▲ 203 ▼ A ‘doom loop’ of climate change and geopolitical instability is beginning (theconversation.com) submitted 2 years ago by veganpizza69@lemmy.world to c/climate@slrpnk.net 27 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] zante@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] franklin@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Your drawing a false equivalency. Just because there is an over-reporting of negative stories does not mean that all negative stories are false. While climate change news is A popular target for doom scroll fodder, I think in this case it is accurate, and I think it is important to understand the situation well, even if it's not good news. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] zante@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Telorand@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago Yeah, but how you gonna win internet points if you're not overly cynical to the point of hyperbole? /s I appreciate you pointing out the obvious negative bent of most current news media. It's why I don't bother with them anymore; they don't care about an accurately weighted story, they want clicks and subscriptions. permalink fedilink source parent [–] franklin@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It always reasonable to expect bad news from the popular press . This It implies that they're only reporting it because it is bad news. Which has a whole other host of implications and make sure you're aware of it. Perhaps I read too much into it, but I don't believe that's the case. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] franklin@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Your drawing a false equivalency. Just because there is an over-reporting of negative stories does not mean that all negative stories are false. While climate change news is A popular target for doom scroll fodder, I think in this case it is accurate, and I think it is important to understand the situation well, even if it's not good news. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] zante@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Telorand@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago Yeah, but how you gonna win internet points if you're not overly cynical to the point of hyperbole? /s I appreciate you pointing out the obvious negative bent of most current news media. It's why I don't bother with them anymore; they don't care about an accurately weighted story, they want clicks and subscriptions. permalink fedilink source parent [–] franklin@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It always reasonable to expect bad news from the popular press . This It implies that they're only reporting it because it is bad news. Which has a whole other host of implications and make sure you're aware of it. Perhaps I read too much into it, but I don't believe that's the case. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] zante@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Telorand@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago Yeah, but how you gonna win internet points if you're not overly cynical to the point of hyperbole? /s I appreciate you pointing out the obvious negative bent of most current news media. It's why I don't bother with them anymore; they don't care about an accurately weighted story, they want clicks and subscriptions. permalink fedilink source parent [–] franklin@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It always reasonable to expect bad news from the popular press . This It implies that they're only reporting it because it is bad news. Which has a whole other host of implications and make sure you're aware of it. Perhaps I read too much into it, but I don't believe that's the case. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago Yeah, but how you gonna win internet points if you're not overly cynical to the point of hyperbole? /s I appreciate you pointing out the obvious negative bent of most current news media. It's why I don't bother with them anymore; they don't care about an accurately weighted story, they want clicks and subscriptions. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] franklin@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It always reasonable to expect bad news from the popular press . This It implies that they're only reporting it because it is bad news. Which has a whole other host of implications and make sure you're aware of it. Perhaps I read too much into it, but I don't believe that's the case. permalink fedilink source parent