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14 days ago

“The conversation, were different”

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VeganPizza69 Ⓥ@lemmy.worldOP

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16 points

14 days ago

The science shows the current predicament and the fact that any “good things” are based on the idea of massive reforms (or even revolutions) occurring. This makes it very easily to estimate how bad the situation is based on what’s not happening.

As the climate chaos gets worse, it’s reasonable to expect more bad news, not less.

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-5 points

14 days ago

It always reasonable to expect bad news from the popular press .

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12 points

14 days ago

I wish you were correct, but the popular press is usually loaded with optimism, especially techno-optimism.

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https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10192715/

4 points

14 days ago

So this is wrong then ?

There is clear evidence that the prevalence of negative media reporting has increased substantially over the past years. There is evidence that this negative reporting adversely affects social interactions, and thereby also health and well-being outcomes. Given the wide reach of negative media reporting and the contagion of such reporting and the resulting interactions, the effects on health are arguably substantial.

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Franklin@lemmy.world

5 points

14 days ago

Your drawing a false equivalency. Just because there is an over-reporting of negative stories does not mean that all negative stories are false.

While climate change news is A popular target for doom scroll fodder, I think in this case it is accurate, and I think it is important to understand the situation well, even if it’s not good news.

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0 points

14 days ago

Apart from the fact I’m not drawing any equivalence and I never said the story was false.

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14 days ago

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