The article discusses the gradual desensitization of media coverage regarding climate change, drawing parallels with the historical context of political desensitization seen during Putin's rise in Russia. It highlights how initially shocking events, such as potential ecological shifts in the Amazon or smoky skies in cities due to wildfires, become less alarming over time as they happen more frequently. The article critiques the media for failing to consistently connect extreme weather events with climate change, leading to a dangerous normalization of unprecedented environmental crises.
As each shocking climate event becomes less shocking over time, the media's coverage risks becoming complacent, treating existential threats as mere facts of life.
The media's failure to consistently link extreme climate events, like the recent mega-fires, to climate change reveals a troubling disconnect in understanding and reporting.
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