This Australian newspaper’s take on climate change will raise your temperature

John Plunkett. Updated November 23rd, 2019

We have to confess we’re not overly familiar with the media in Australia, so it was a bit of an eye opener when Kate Mackenize on Twitter suggested his was typical of its attitude towards climate change.

‘I sometimes struggle to describe the Australian media landscape to people who’ve never lived here…now I can just show them this,’ said @kmac.

And here it is.

Come again?

This is the only national general (non-financial) newspaper so it’s read by every editor in the country and has a very big part in setting the daily news agenda.

— Kate Mackenzie (@kmac) 22 November 2019

I can’t deal with this. That anyone feels this comfortable and entitled making such a public admission of stupidity is just astounding. And that an editor would publish it is criminal. https://t.co/GOYyEG4Jpb

— Dr Darren Saunders (@whereisdaz) November 22, 2019

Other fun facts: 1. It’s the only newspaper Rupert Murdoch launched himself as opposed to buying or inheriting it. 2. I used to work there. 3. There are some fantastic news outlets & journalists in this country. @p_hannam from whom I stole the pic is just one.

— Kate Mackenzie (@kmac) 22 November 2019

https://twitter.com/MarkDiStef/status/1197795753789415425

If you can see your hand when standing close to a coal-fired power station, it's because all the carbon emissions are in the form of diamonds

— David Fickling (@davidfickling) 22 November 2019

Imagine thinking you've outsmarted all climate scientists with… this… https://t.co/ShFjcPkAqR

— Dr Adam Levy (@ClimateAdam) November 22, 2019

Source Twitter @kmac