Interesting to compare what the BBC believes to be its top story today and the top ten most read items on their website. Below is what is listed:
Top Stories
- LIVE
Extreme heat hits Europe, south-west US and China
Most Read:
1. Russia seizes control of Danone and Carlsberg units.
2. Controversial migrant barge leaves Cornish port
3. Australian man and his dog survive months at sea
4. Mysterious dome washes up on Australian beach
5. Poor quality university courses face student limits
6. Lucy Spraggan: X Factor 'like abusive relationship'
7. Sunak's 'bad degree crackdown' and 'King Carlos
8. Terror attack survivors condemn compensation body
9. Why the 90' and noughties are having such a moment
10. Banksy: what it was like to work for street artist
Clearly the public has decided that their top story is not the same as the BBC thinks. I may be wrong, but I think the public are fed up with the incessant propaganda on climate change.
USA Today was calling out climate as important before El Nino came on strong this northern hemisphere summer. Saying earth would reach 1.5*C for short periods of time between now and 2026. In the near unsustainable parts of the world, it will get even hotter making all the more difficult for the poor to get through the heat. El Nino is making many things difficult this year and is predicted to go into next year.
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Climate: 'It's going to get a lot hotter, and wetter'
United Nations scientistsbelieve there's a 50% chance global temperatures will rise, at least temporarily, to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels between now and 2026. Staying below 1.5C is the long-term goal of the Paris Agreement, an international treaty adopted by a majority of the world's countries in 2015. "The climate story of 2023 is going to be about political backlash," said David Callaway, a former USA TODAY editor-in-chief who runs Callaway Climate Insights, a newsletter that analyzes what the global business community is doing to mitigate climate risks. "In the U.S., Republicans will weaponize financial and political efforts to curtail global warming with hearings, investigations, litigation, and more penalties against Wall Street banks. In Europe, the EU's new carbon border tax will provoke international protectionist threats just as the continent is trying to scramble through the energy crisis caused by Russia. As for the climate, it's going to get a lot hotter, and wetter, with all the social and environmental pain that goes with that."
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I think you may have missed my point, which was that PEOPLE are fed up with the incessant talk of global warming. The media are still going on about it, though I note it is no longer front page headlines, but buried inside as a much smaller article. So even the press are realising it is not selling the paper.
ReplyDeleteI was trying to point out and maybe didn't get it across well. USA today before El Nino made it #3 on thier list. Its up there and is relevant to their readership.
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