e of the Worst News Media // (Steven Hayward).
Who else or what publication warrants to be regarded as the most detrimental news media outlet in the country (or the world)? Chances are it’s the one in your nearest community area. Wait, how can that possibly I dunno, in case we ask the mass media, this is likely the answer they’ d come up with.
About 15 years ago I co-authored a book about air pollution and the Clean Air Work. I know you won’t have to One important thing we found was one of what might be called the change Lake Wobegone Effect, i actually. e., according to local mass media every local area had ” some of the worst” air pollution in all of country! Every metro location was below average! Of course , when every place has ” a number of the worst” of anything, and then no place really does (as typically the government’ s air quality info bear out*).
Some samples from the publication:
Based on the ” The Dallas-Fort Worth location has “some of the country’s worst air, ” promises the Fort Worth Star-Telegram . The Baltimore Sun says Baltimore provides “some of the worst pollution in the country, ” as well. The brand new According to the Westchester Journal News, “Some from [in the Atlanta has some of the worst air pollution in America, according to the em> Westchester Journal News /em>. ” The Washington Write-up puts not necessarily only the Washington-Baltimore metropolitan location but also Phoenix in the “some of the worst air pollution” fraternity.
It is often According to the Bergen Record, New Jersey has “some of the worst air pollution in the nation ” But just across the Hudson River the New York Times claims not only that the state of Ny “has some of the nation’s dirtiest atmosphere, ” but that “the smog in Connecticut is probably the worst in the nation. ” Tennessee experiences “some of the most detrimental air pollution in America, ” in line with the Chattanooga Periods Free Press . Annapolis is “faced with some of the most detrimental air pollution in the country, ” based to the Baltimore Sun .
Did all these reports outlets arrive at these promises through original reporting in addition to consulting the EPA info? Yes, I do. Actual ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY data shreds these promises, but environmental advocacy groupings (especially the American Breathing Association’ s annual ” state of the air” report) produce cookie-cutter press releases proclaiming that each local area suffers ” some of the worst” pollution in the us, and the media dutifully repeats these claims. This is why many environmental ” reporters” actually are just stenographers for environment activists. This ought to be embarrassing for almost any serious editor or writer, but there aren’ capital t many serious editors or perhaps publishers any more.
We now have a sequel to to Regional media are reporting of which their local area is increased temperatures faster than the world! Of course, if every local area is increased temperatures faster than the world, then a world is warming more quickly than itself, as the synopsis headline shows:
5. As an example, this 20-year older chart from our book demonstrates the claim that ” LOS ANGELES and San Francisco have ” the same smog problems” is usually nonsense:
