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US Democrats and Republicans deeply divided on extreme weather, Post-UMD poll finds (wapo.st)
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Partisans remain split on climate change contributing to more weather disasters, and whether their weather is getting more extreme

What's driving a lot of this is different coverage. Eg: 4/5 the total TV News coverage of climate protest in the US consists of Fox running inactivist segments

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The framing of this as a difference of opinion or view bothers me. You wouldn't use this framing for a math problem, "Partisans divided on 1+1=2" , because it perpetuates the idea that there are two reasonable sides. Media needs to start being more responsible in framing these findings, how about "Republicans more likely to be wrong about causes of extreme weather".

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sure, but the media isn't going to be responsible about this so long as it's owned by the same companies that are profiting off of environmental destruction.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

True enough