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Climate: How the media reported on tropical storm Hilary in California

Climate: How the media reported on tropical storm Hilary in California

The spin began with “deadly”, “life threatening”, “catastrophic” speculation, then followed that afterwards with “It wasn’t that bad”, and stories saying the tropical storm was 100% caused by the Global Boiling ClimateCrisis, and then a few adding historical context of past tropical storms and even a hurricane.

Media and the panic over malaria

Media and the panic over malaria

Several cases of malaria have been identified in the U.S. From the media reporting, you might think this is a crisis and this has never happened before. Indeed, the new cases are because of climate change. Except this is a super exaggeration: the first case of malaria in what would become the U.S. was reported in 1492. The CDC was founded in 1946 for the purpose of eliminating malaria from the U.S., particularly the Southern states – this is why it’s HQ is in Atlanta, GA.