In 2014 John Oliver had a segment on Last Week Tonight where he had âa statistically representative climate change debateâ, where he brought out 3 scientists arguing against human affected climate change and 97 arguing for it.
Right, thatâs the thing.
I honestly believe part of the problem this country is in today started when the news media felt they had to give equal time to every issue. I remember lots of segments on climate change where they had one person on each side, and I could understand most people coming away believing we just donât know. And itâs not just climate change, they did that with everything.
So here we are, polarized like never before, with so many believing that every opinion is legitimate. Sure, you can believe what you want, but if you believe the world was created 6000 years ago, youâre just wrong. Youâre entitled to believe something wrong, but that doesnât make it valid. A legitimate news site should reflect that. A climate denier or a creationist shouldnât get equal time. Same with do many issues.
