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Western Australia had its hottest summer ever, but climate change and heat-related health problems barely made the news

www.abc.net.au 'Vaguely terrifying': When heatwaves hit my city, the media downplayed the role of climate change

Most stories during WA's record-breaking heatwave last month didn't mention the health risks of extreme heat and the link with climate change, despite overwhelming scientific evidence, according to an analysis of how news outlets reported on the event.

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Weat Australia had its hottest summer ever, but climate change and heat-related health problems barely made the news

www.abc.net.au /news/science/2024-03-18/wa-summer-heat-broke-records-but-media-downplayed-climate-change/103572922

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WA had its hottest summer ever, but climate change and heat-related health problems barely made the news

www.abc.net.au /news/science/2024-03-18/wa-summer-heat-broke-records-but-media-downplayed-climate-change/103572922

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Western Australia had its hottest summer ever, but climate change and heat-related health problems barely made the news

www.abc.net.au /news/science/2024-03-18/wa-summer-heat-broke-records-but-media-downplayed-climate-change/103572922

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Why Media Ignores the Coming Disaster.
- Be careful. If the OP thinks you're a doomer they'll ban you from the /climate sub lol.
  
  I’m already banned. Action won’t take place until doomerism reaches critical mass.
  Are we all doomed? How to cope with the daunting uncertainties of climate change

Australia's media market is controlled by just two corporate entities, of which, the least insane one is the Murdoch press. To be clear, that's an indictment of Nine Entrainment, not an endorsement of Murdoch.
It literally insane corrupt megacorp (News Corp) vs even more insane and more openly corrupt megacorp (Nine Entertainment).

I agree our media is incredibly controlled.
However, this summer didn't feel different, it got to 45C as normal in Perth, the heatwaves did not feel longer or worse.
Maybe we're frogs in water but I'd say such an article would not engage the public
- The frogs only stayed in the water because Friedrich Goltz lobotomized the frogs beforehand. Which makes it a perfect metaphor because the Murdoch media has definitely lobotomized the public.
- Here in Brazil it has been fucking hell - way hotter than the average year and unbelievably hotter than the two previous years, which were too cold.
- This summer it felt like there were more hotter days than a normal summer, few strings of 43+ especially in suburbs, Still getting up to high 30s even now.

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