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Yea, there's a notion of boilerplate + context setting in media reporting. It's a common editorial pattern. For example, look for a single news article about t

Yea, there's a notion of boilerplate + context setting in media reporting. It's a common editorial pattern. For example, look for a single news article about the Houthi's in western media that doesn't contextualise them as "Iranian backed" or "Iran linked"

idoh 7y ago
To be accurate, there are many heat waves, and it has not been established that this one in particular is in any way caused by global climate change. The best you could say is that global climate change causes more heat waves, and this heat wave is part of a trend of increasing number and severity. It would be like saying that because increased wealth inequality drives increased crime, that every single crime report should have boilerplate at the end saying that this crime was caused by wealth inequality. In contrast, there's only one Houthi group, and they are Iran linked, so that is a much more accurate contextualization.
- 23throwaway23 7y ago
  So there's this: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jul/02/climate-change-european-heatwave-likelier https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jul/02/climate-chan... and https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-weather-climate/climate-change-probably-added-4c-to-europes-june-heatwave-study-idUSKCN1TX1PJ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-weather-climate/cl... You'd think that would count as evidence. And for the Houthi one, is it relevant to post every single time they're mentioned? Note that non-Western media doesn't consider it important (look at Chinese, Russian or even Al Jazeera).
- 23throwaway23 7y ago
  Here's even more evidence: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-44980363 https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-44980363 > Researchers compared the current high temperatures with historical records from seven weather stations, in different parts of Europe. >Their preliminary report found that the "signal of climate change is unambiguous," in this summer's heat.

idoh 7y ago

To be accurate, there are many heat waves, and it has not been established that this one in particular is in any way caused by global climate change. The best you could say is that global climate change causes more heat waves, and this heat wave is part of a trend of increasing number and severity. It would be like saying that because increased wealth inequality drives increased crime, that every single crime report should have boilerplate at the end saying that this crime was caused by wealth inequality. In contrast, there's only one Houthi group, and they are Iran linked, so that is a much more accurate contextualization.

23throwaway23 7y ago
So there's this: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jul/02/climate-change-european-heatwave-likelier https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jul/02/climate-chan... and https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-weather-climate/climate-change-probably-added-4c-to-europes-june-heatwave-study-idUSKCN1TX1PJ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-weather-climate/cl... You'd think that would count as evidence. And for the Houthi one, is it relevant to post every single time they're mentioned? Note that non-Western media doesn't consider it important (look at Chinese, Russian or even Al Jazeera).
23throwaway23 7y ago
Here's even more evidence: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-44980363 https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-44980363 > Researchers compared the current high temperatures with historical records from seven weather stations, in different parts of Europe. >Their preliminary report found that the "signal of climate change is unambiguous," in this summer's heat.