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‘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)

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[–] 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.

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[–] 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

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[–] 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

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