Why I left Vox

This looks cool, i hope it's not gonna be just signal boosting tech fanboy discourse, because climate change isn't really a technological problem anymore, its a societal and political one. We know basically everything we need to know to fight it, and would have known even sooner if govs actually made it their priority like they should have. But a less apocalyptic take on the future could probably contribute to encouraging people to realise the power they have as a group against corporate interests, and if anything, it'll help mitigate climate anxiety at least.

I think the main issue with the news right now, is that they're a for profit venture and so are highly influenced by the corporate sponsors. I also think they're biased towards doom and gloom because it's profitable for them, but i definitely think there's much more productive ways of talking about the consequences of climate change, that would actually encourage people to force politicians and corporations to do what they need to. Considering that half of the stuff they air on 24h news channels are basically just editorials and opinion pieces anyways, they really have the possibility to rally people to take action. But again, they'd lose a lot of their corporate sponsors, so they're incentivised to stay the course, by talking about climate change (to show they're worried, because worry drives views), but never actually helping the people recognise the power that they'd hold if they'd stand together to fight a common cause.

But then of course there's the overtly climate denialist news outlets, that just stick their heads so far underground they can actually see turtles choking on plastic on the other side of the world. I guess those are just trying to see how long they can keep up the charade and make money from it. Who knows maybe they'll change their talk once florida floods every three months and the maldives are 10 feet underwater.