CBS on Tuesday sympathized with Britain’s Prince Harry after he was exposed for hypocritically taking private planes as he lectures the rest of the world about climate change and the need to reduce carbon emissions.
NBC also parroted his talking points on justifying such contradictions.
CBS This Morning co-host Vladimir Duthiers began by mildly explaining, that Harry is facing “a little bit of criticism recently for traveling on private planes while at the same time voicing concerns about the environment.”
But this is apparently okay because of carbon offsets. The host explained how the Prince excused his actions:
“He did say that what he’s trying to do is offset the CO2 that he consumes. So, part of the discussion was about offsetting CO2, and he says the reasons he may fly on a private jet is for security reasons.”
Good enough, the hosts gushed. Duthiers sympathized, “At least he understands the criticism that people have.”
Co-host Tony Dokoupil agreed, “Absolutely. He’s addressing it.” Guest co-host Maria Elena Salinas fretted, “He’s under so much scrutiny.”
Only Dokoupil offered a note of discontent. Saying that offsets don’t go far enough; he lobbied for “clean planes”:
But a lot of the people say it’s a work-around. Bigger structural changes need to happen like clean planes before this can happen.
Over on NBC’s Today, Savannah Guthrie promoted Harry’s efforts to reduce “environmental impact of global tourism.”
Britain’s Prince Harry is defending his use of private jets with his wife Meghan Markle and their infant son. Harry was in Amsterdam to launch a new partnership with leading travel companies. Their goals include reducing the environmental impact of global tourism.
Minimizing the Prince’s gaffe, she repeated, “Prince Harry traveled to Amsterdam on a commercial flight. He said when he flies by private jet, it’s to keep his family safe.”
Last week, CBS promoted a teenage “climate activist” as the “voice of the planet.” NBC on August 29 cheered Greta Thunberg as she called for people to stop flying on planes: “Go, Greta, go!”
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Of course the poor boy wouldn’t be under scrutiny if he just kept his mouth shut. Instead he preaches to us about what WE must do to save the planet while he, the excellency, just like the bishops of old, continues to live the life of luxury. We must sacrifice so he can continue to preach to us.
Re reading ‘Animal Farm.’ End of chapter where the pigs got drunk and changed the Comandment; Thou shalt not drink to Thou shalt not drink to excess. Newspeak like above.
So the Communists Broadcasting System defends this royal little pinhead what a bunch of idiots CBS the Lying Eye of Satan
Carbon offsets are a complete hoax. Charcoal imported from Africa and put down a deep mine shaft and paid for as “a carbon ofset” has to be the biggest hoax of the all this ‘greenie nonsense’.
Many if not most environmentalists do not buy into the concept of carbon offsets. They say it is much better to avoid releasing carbon dioxide in the first place. Carbon offsets are very questionable. One is to pay for the planting of trees. However, with the exploitation of land that we have now a days, how to we know the trees will live long enough to adsorb the carbon dioxide that is expected?
If the prince is really worried about climate change, he should stay home.
carbon offsets?? carbon credits?? what is the difference? greetings from New Zealand.
Typical lefty elite, lecturing us mere mortals. His ilk never set an example, just pontificate at the rest of us. Hypocrite! I think he married the Wallace Simpson of our day.
Buying carbon offsets is the equivalent of stepping on a tube of toothpaste, then telling everyone that you put it back in the tube. You insult people’s intelligence with a bald-faced lie.