Media Coverage and the Environment: Why Isn't Global Warming Hot News?

摘要

Imagine if today's 24/7 news channels had been around when Columbus first sailed. Medieval News Channel: "We're here at the port of Palos in southern Spain, where a Genoese sailor named Christopher Columbus plans to reach Asia by sailing west. Columbus insists that the Earth is small enough to make the voyage feasible. Scientists, however, are skeptical."