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‘Your heart races a bit’: US weather man threatened with death for mentioning climate crisis (www.theguardian.com)

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It was a brave, if perhaps scientifically obvious, experiment – to convey messages about the unfolding climate crisis via the regular local TV weather forecasts seen by viewers in the conservative heartland of Iowa. It culminated in the meteorologist involved receiving death threats and exiting the state.

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[–] 1chemistdown@kbin.social 25 points 2 years ago

The vast majority of Americans have been subjected to a massive multi-decade multi-approach propaganda campaign, and they parrot what has been forced fed into their brains. It’s organized and has been pushed on them by their local church, Christian news outlets, Fox News, local GOP politics, and national news outlets they watch or read. None of this is by accident, and has been pushed on them since before my childhood in the 70s. It took a long time to hit critical mass, but it hit, and at the worst time possible.