After years of fiery preaching about a coming climate apocalypse, at least one media outlet took the religious fervor to new levels.
As part of NBC News’ new “dedicated” unit on climate change — “Climate in Crisis” — which launched Sept. 15, NBC made itself the environmental priest welcoming confessions for climate sins.
Weekly Standard senior writer Mark Hemingway reacted on Twitter calling it “Amazing” and added, “Climate change is some kind of religion—all eschatology, minus the redemption.”
An apt description considering that NBC’s “Climate Confessions” page declared:
“Even those who care deeply about the planet’s future can slip up now and then. Tell us: Where do you fall short in preventing climate change? Do you blast the A/C? Throw out half your lunch? Grill a steak every week? Share your anonymous confession with NBC News.”
Confessions were not confidential. They were publicized on the NBC website, but it was unclear whether public confessions were meant to assuage guilt for climate change “sins” or foster more guilt.
Blast the AC? Cook a steak once a week? Where do you fall short in preventing climate change? Tell us with Climate Confessions: https://t.co/WoifEE8gHj pic.twitter.com/nhCE0UOiuA
— NBC News Graphics (@NBCNewsGraphics) September 18, 2019
Some commenters sounded grieved by their use of plastics, food waste, cars, and energy consumption like these folks:
- “k-cups!!!! They are just to easy to use. I do use a reusable mug, however. [sic]”
- “I go to Starbucks several times a week and I don’t bring a reusable cup.”
- “I drive my gas-powered car to work every day by myself. My commute is less than four miles, and public transportation is available.”
But anonymous climate agnostics contributed to NBC’s “confessions” too, expressing skepticism or blatant mockery:
- “I live on Earth, where even if we achieve carbon neutrality in the first world, that’s only 19.1% of the population.”
- “I just don’t care. About any of it.”
- “I cook a one-pound steak every day, eat half and throw the other half away, in a reusable Ziploc bag.”
- “I solve global warming by turning the ac way down and leaving the windows open. I drive an F350 45 miles to work each day alome [sic].”
NBC’s increased climate alarmism came at the same time as 250 other media entities or organizations joined the Columbia Journalism Review’s “Covering Climate Now” coalition.
Partners of the CJR effort promised to give extra time to show the urgency and need for climate action during the week leading up to the U.N. climate summit on Sept. 23.
NBC was not listed as an official media partner, although its broadcast competitor CBS was.
Read more at NewsBusters
Oh what tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive William Shakespear the Lying Peacock lying again
I farted today and I don’t care!
Glad to see this public forum come about. I just used it in all six categories to express how elated I am to live my life in various ways to make sure that global warming and human-caused climate change could come true. If only . . .
CLimate Change a Religion ? Yes it feels like it has a religious following . Believe ….BELIEVE sucker or your going to the big H . Updated your a denier and you need reprogramming .
Think of the positives no long term history of abusing children … but they are working on it . OK a sex poodle or two and a serial delusional women predator but actually pretty squeakie clean in comparison .
Oh yeah and in case you have any doubts ‘the science fiction is settled ” so sit down and shut up .
You can see how the charming world of witch burners existed .
Just what do they mean by Climate Justice have all so called Climate Crinimals treated as War Crinimals like his spoiled little brat Robert Kennedy Jr wants These Eco-Freaks are total Screwballs
We have known for quite some time that the climate change movement is a religion and confessions for sins further validates this and show just how ridiculous the movement is.
I have never believed in confessions, but here is the concept. A person confesses to someone like a priest. The priest is closer to God so by praying for forgiveness for the sinner, the request will be taken more seriously than if the sinner prayed for himself. Now, how in the world does this concept map into confessing about climate change sins? It doesn’t.
The catholic church is going to wish they never pumped the tires of this hoax .
It is unbelievable really . The church is essentially supporting a notion that humans can control the earths temperature by playing around with a trace gas
and that natural variables (god given ) are taking a back seat . It’s F!@#ing nuts .