It's not just its individual stupidities that have become inexcusable
Watching Dont Look Up made me see my whole life of campaigning flash before me
George Monbiot
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In fighting any great harm, in any age, we find ourselves confronting the same forces: distraction, denial and delusion. Those seeking to sound the alarm about the gathering collapse of our life-support systems soon hit the barrier that stands between us and the people we are trying to reach, a barrier called the media. With a few notable exceptions, the sector that should facilitate communication thwarts it.
Its not just its individual stupidities that have become inexcusable, such as the platforms repeatedly given to climate deniers.
It is the structural stupidity to which the media are committed. Its the anti-intellectualism, the hostility to new ideas and aversion to complexity. Its the absence of moral seriousness. Its the vacuous gossip about celebrities and consumables that takes precedence over the survival of life on Earth. Its the obsession with generating noise, regardless of signal. Its the reflexive alignment with the status quo, whatever it may be. Its the endless promotion of the views of the most selfish and antisocial people, and the exclusion of those who are trying to defend us from catastrophe, on the grounds that they are worthy, extreme or mad (I hear from friends in the BBC that these terms are still used there to describe environmental activists).
more:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/04/dont-look-up-life-of-campaigning