▲ 130 ▼ ‘Climate hushing’ has swept the Democratic Party. New polling suggests it’s a mistake. Climate change might not be a top priority for voters, but keeping quiet about it might backfire. (grist.org) submitted 1 month ago by silence7@slrpnk.net [M] to c/climate@slrpnk.net 14 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] silence7@slrpnk.net [S] 10 points 1 month ago* (1 child) The DNC, no. There isn't even a public membership list. There are statistics for elected Democrats in Congress though. And they really did largely stop talking about climate. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 0 points 1 month ago* (1 child) So your article source is the same as the second source in the article in the post. EDIT: No, sorry, my mistake, it just attempts to reproduce the data. Good source. Looking at the raw files it appears they mentioned it a fuckload of times, though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] silence7@slrpnk.net [S] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child) The amount has dropped a lot though permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 0 points 1 month ago (1 child) According to the data in the link, it was averaging 3 digits in 2021, almost a third of the current rate. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] silence7@slrpnk.net [S] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Are you looking at absolute numbers or at fraction of press releases? Because there is a big difference between the two permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 1 point 1 month ago Oh okay, my apologies, clearly them mentioning climate change to the press 3 times as often is them refusing to talk about it at all. /sarcasm permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 0 points 1 month ago* (1 child) So your article source is the same as the second source in the article in the post. EDIT: No, sorry, my mistake, it just attempts to reproduce the data. Good source. Looking at the raw files it appears they mentioned it a fuckload of times, though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] silence7@slrpnk.net [S] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child) The amount has dropped a lot though permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 0 points 1 month ago (1 child) According to the data in the link, it was averaging 3 digits in 2021, almost a third of the current rate. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] silence7@slrpnk.net [S] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Are you looking at absolute numbers or at fraction of press releases? Because there is a big difference between the two permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 1 point 1 month ago Oh okay, my apologies, clearly them mentioning climate change to the press 3 times as often is them refusing to talk about it at all. /sarcasm permalink fedilink source parent
[–] silence7@slrpnk.net [S] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child) The amount has dropped a lot though permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 0 points 1 month ago (1 child) According to the data in the link, it was averaging 3 digits in 2021, almost a third of the current rate. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] silence7@slrpnk.net [S] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Are you looking at absolute numbers or at fraction of press releases? Because there is a big difference between the two permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 1 point 1 month ago Oh okay, my apologies, clearly them mentioning climate change to the press 3 times as often is them refusing to talk about it at all. /sarcasm permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 0 points 1 month ago (1 child) According to the data in the link, it was averaging 3 digits in 2021, almost a third of the current rate. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] silence7@slrpnk.net [S] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Are you looking at absolute numbers or at fraction of press releases? Because there is a big difference between the two permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 1 point 1 month ago Oh okay, my apologies, clearly them mentioning climate change to the press 3 times as often is them refusing to talk about it at all. /sarcasm permalink fedilink source parent
[–] silence7@slrpnk.net [S] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Are you looking at absolute numbers or at fraction of press releases? Because there is a big difference between the two permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 1 point 1 month ago Oh okay, my apologies, clearly them mentioning climate change to the press 3 times as often is them refusing to talk about it at all. /sarcasm permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 1 point 1 month ago Oh okay, my apologies, clearly them mentioning climate change to the press 3 times as often is them refusing to talk about it at all. /sarcasm permalink fedilink source parent