We also touch on our history and how our nonprofit model makes Mother Jones different than most of the news out there: Letting us go deep, focus on underreported beats, and bring unique perspectives to the day's news. It's The New Normal," we explain, as matter-of-factly as we can, what exactly our finances look like, why this moment is particularly urgent, and how we can best communicate that without screaming OMG PLEASE HELP over and over. That's the Next New Thing.Īnd it's what MoJo and our community of readers have been doing for 47 years now. Bottom line: Journalism that serves the people needs the support of the people. In " News Never Pays," our fearless CEO, Monika Bauerlein, connects the dots on several concerning media trends that, taken together, expose the fallacy behind the tragic state of journalism right now: That the marketplace will take care of providing the free and independent press citizens in a democracy need, and the Next New Thing to invest millions in will fix the problem. We'll also be quite transparent and level-headed with you about this. There is no wiggle room, we've already cut everything we can, and we urgently need more readers to pitch in-especially from this specific blurb you're reading right now. We have a considerable $390,000 gap in our online fundraising budget that we have to close by June 30. According to Gallup, as of March 2013, 85 percent of Democrats think there is strong evidence that global warming exists, but only 48 percent of Republicans and 65 percent of independent voters agree.īy signing up, you agree to our privacy policy and terms of use, and to receive messages from Mother Jones and our partners. Limbaugh and Barone’s comments are extreme, but they do highlight a persisting ideological divide between parties on climate change. You can buy carbon offsets to gain forgiveness for travel on carbon-emitting private jet aircraft. Global warming alarmism even has indulgences like the ones Martin Luther protested. Global warming alarmists promote the construction of windmills and solar farms that produce uneconomic and intermittent electricity. Some global warming alarmists identify “denialists” and liken them to Holocaust deniers. Global warming alarmism has recycling and Earth Day celebrations. Rassmusen Reports ran a commentary by conservative pundit Michael Barone that compared global warming believers to a religious sect run amok: Limbaugh wasn’t the only one railing against the IPCC’s climate change report, of course. There will never be a day where somebody says, “You know what? Okay, we’ve had enough reverse racism now that we’ve evened the score, and we’re gonna get rid of it and we’re now in a level playing field.” They (sic) will never happen. Just like affirmative action will never end. The narrative, the template is, “It’s getting warmer, we’re causing it, we have to pay a price,” and it’s never gonna end. The premise is it’s getting warmer and we’re causing it, and nothing is gonna change that narrative. But they didn’t, did they? Because they don’t want the issue changing in any way. It’s the reduction in coal! I claim that everything I’ve been advocating is the reason, and then I’d say,”We need to do more of this.” I mean, if their objective is to downsize this country and downsize our lifestyle and downsize our progress, we had a golden opportunity.įifteen years of no warming! They could have claimed credit and probably had a pretty good chance of being supported by the media in advocating further lifestyle change. If I’m in a global warming movement, and it hasn’t warmed up in the last 15 years, I’d claim credit for it. Later, Limbaugh said that the global warming “narrative” is “never gonna end,” adding, “Just like affirmative action will never end” (emphasis added): Limbaugh argued that climate scientists and activists are perpetuating the global warming “hoax” because “the longer this goes, the richer they get.” At one point, Limbaugh likened this to Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, who, he said, “would be out of business” if racism ended in the United States. On his show on Friday, Limbaugh launched into a sprawling, 15-minute tirade against the IPCC, Al Gore, and affirmative action -all at the same time.
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