Gore Criticizes Climate Change News Coverage

Reblogged from CBS Houston:

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Former Vice President Al Gore says the American media and outsize effect of corporate money in politics are partially to blame for inaction on global climate change.

In wide-ranging remarks during an appearance Monday evening at the Clinton Presidential Library, Gore said journalists should have done a better job questioning the 2012 presidential candidates about climate change.

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The role of the media in environmental justice politics is central. Indeed, we can see that the role of the media in critical in any political forum about the environment. How do we engage this, do we propose alternative avenues and networks for communication? Who to you trust?