From ‘psyops’ to ‘hysterical hysteria’: how GB News and Talk TV lost their cool in the heatwaves
This article analyzes the rhetoric used by British news channels GB News and TalkTV regarding climate change during record-breaking heatwaves. It highlights how presenters dismissed climate concerns and mocked safety warnings as unnecessary alarmism.
Why it matters
It examines the role of media outlets in shaping public perception of climate science and the potential impact of climate denialism on public safety discourse.
GB News presenter Bev Turner said sending children home from overheated schools was ‘priming them for climate lockdowns – that is all this is’. Photograph: GBN GB News presenter Bev Turner said sending children home from overheated schools was ‘priming them for climate lockdowns – that is all this is’. Photograph: GBN Climate science scepticism and denial Analysis From ‘psyops’ to ‘hysterical hysteria’: how GB News and Talk TV lost their cool in the heatwaves Damian Carrington Environment editor Thousands of heat-related deaths in record-breaking temperatures appeared to only intensify hosts’ climate denials
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