The media has stopped spewing articles predicting our worlds untimely death, and concern has gone down.
2007-08-22 14:41:10 · 7 answers · asked by Dinosaur 3 in Environment ➔ Global Warming
At least here in the southern UK we have had a very cool, cloudy, wet summer. For the moment, at least, global warming does not seem to be the flavour of the month. Also there is only so much repetition the public is interested in, and I guess broadcasters know that. It will get more interesting when the government tries to introduce measures which bite on carbon emissions or alternatively tries to explain away why it cannot meet its targets. I see it at the moment as a bit of a phoney war, but one which I feel will hot up in perhaps five years time.
2007-08-22 15:02:42 · answer #1 · answered by Robert A 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The media do what the media do - latch onto a story and flog it to death until people become bored, at which point they move on to something else.
What we're seeing in the media now is less sensationalistic reporting, less journalistic license and a greater focus on the core aspects of global warming. It no longer seems to be so much about the media writing the news but reporting it instead.
As for concern having gone down - it's actually gone up. The World Opinion Report into global warming this year shows 92% of people view it as a serioes problem, up from a year ago when the figure was 90%.
2007-08-22 21:56:06 · answer #2 · answered by Trevor 7 · 6⤊ 1⤋
a predicted result of global warming is an interruption in the normal course of the gulf stream which will produce cooler weather in England.
Discussion has gone up but not on the three older networks (NBC-CBS-ABC) because the presidential races are more more interesting to many people
2007-08-22 23:30:41 · answer #3 · answered by fredrick z 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The media in America are good people and they try to report the truth. But Bush is stopping them!!! You get rid of this Bush and then you will see more news about global warming again. I garrentee this!
2007-08-22 22:04:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
dont worry the need for worry is still here. in a short time you will see more huge storms and failed crops because of global warming. in addition you will see in the news very soon a big fight with canada and the russians and danish over the newly dryed out area's of the artic .
2007-08-22 21:50:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I actually disagree.In fact more people especially the youth are becoming more aware.Okay so maybe it's not publicized as much as before but I honestly think that people are beginning to get the picture.
2007-08-22 21:52:48 · answer #6 · answered by kellogs 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Because it's clear that it's not caused by man, and the dire predictions are never going to come true.
Remember the doom and gloom before Y2K? Same thing.
2007-08-22 22:39:48 · answer #7 · answered by Dr Jello 7 · 2⤊ 7⤋