I don't use Twitter, and I don't have much time for CNN. I was looking for a link to a scientific paper, but Snopes generally makes an effort so I suppose they'

I don't use Twitter, and I don't have much time for CNN. I was looking for a link to a scientific paper, but Snopes generally makes an effort so I suppose they'll do. The reef is very badly damaged, and if you'd said that to start with, that would have been fine. Simply stating "the Great Barrier Reef being dead is very much exaggerated" makes it sound as though you're saying everything is just fine with it. Which it clearly isn't.