Saturday, June 10, 2023

     PROGRESSIVE ORIGINS OF CLIMATE CRISIS JOURNALISM


 PUBLISHER WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST TURNED TO PROMOTING CLIMATE JUSTICE AFTER HIS SUCCESS IN INCREASING NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION BY INCITING 
THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR:
 AFTER STRIKING OIL ON HIS CALIFORNIA LAND, THE CRUSADING JOURNALIST 
DENOUNCED THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S COAL-FIRED GREAT WHITE FLEET AS DEEPLY RACIST, AND REFRAMED POPULAR MECHANICS AS A BULLY PULPIT FOR THE CLIMATE WARS