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"And yet the photos weren’t actually of the fires and many weren’t even of the Amazon. The photo Ronaldo shared was taken in southern Brazil, far from the Amazo

by bsaul 7y ago

"And yet the photos weren’t actually of the fires and many weren’t even of the Amazon. The photo Ronaldo shared was taken in southern Brazil, far from the Amazon, in 2013. The photo that DiCaprio and Macron shared is over 20 years old. The photo Madonna and Smith shared is over 30. Some celebrities shared photos from Montana, India, and Sweden." I wish people that (rightfully) blamed and made fun of Trump for spreading BS on tweeter would be as fierce with the other side of the political landscape.

mc32 7y ago
And the worst part is this negligence _undermines_ a generally good cause. Why do they knowingly do this? Do they think they won’t be found out?
- bsaul 7y ago
  That's absolutely my opinion with the way the media (and some celebrities) are surfing on the climate issues nowadays. They're causing so much anxiety and fear on the subject, that if by any chance climate warming or amazon fires or anything isn't as catastrophic as they say, then the whole environment field is going to be trashed as a fake by the general audience.
- luckylion 7y ago
  > Why do they knowingly do this? Do they think they won’t be found out? In the attention economy, it doesn't matter. Get found out? More attention, more clicks, more likes, more ads, more money.
  - bsaul 7y ago
    On a side note, reading 19th century novels about the press makes you realize « attention economy » is what press is about right from the very first days.
JoeAltmaier 7y ago
Maybe its a little different when some celebrity does it, and when the potus does it? Don't we have even a tiny bit higher bar? Or are we just captitulating, admitting we just have a celebrity dope for president, and you have to excuse him for every wrong thing he does?
- bsaul 7y ago
  On the other hand, the impact this forest fire tweet serie had was greater than most of trump's tweet, which pretty much everyone ignores today. It forced Bolsonaro to mobilize the army and almost caused an international agreement between Brazil and Europe to fail. Not to mention that the list also includes Macron, which used the emotion caused by those pictures to influence the G7 summit that took place right at the same time.

by bsaul 7y ago

mc32 7y ago

And the worst part is this negligence _undermines_ a generally good cause. Why do they knowingly do this? Do they think they won’t be found out?

bsaul 7y ago
That's absolutely my opinion with the way the media (and some celebrities) are surfing on the climate issues nowadays. They're causing so much anxiety and fear on the subject, that if by any chance climate warming or amazon fires or anything isn't as catastrophic as they say, then the whole environment field is going to be trashed as a fake by the general audience.
luckylion 7y ago
> Why do they knowingly do this? Do they think they won’t be found out? In the attention economy, it doesn't matter. Get found out? More attention, more clicks, more likes, more ads, more money.
- bsaul 7y ago
  On a side note, reading 19th century novels about the press makes you realize « attention economy » is what press is about right from the very first days.

JoeAltmaier 7y ago

Maybe its a little different when some celebrity does it, and when the potus does it? Don't we have even a tiny bit higher bar? Or are we just captitulating, admitting we just have a celebrity dope for president, and you have to excuse him for every wrong thing he does?

bsaul 7y ago
On the other hand, the impact this forest fire tweet serie had was greater than most of trump's tweet, which pretty much everyone ignores today. It forced Bolsonaro to mobilize the army and almost caused an international agreement between Brazil and Europe to fail. Not to mention that the list also includes Macron, which used the emotion caused by those pictures to influence the G7 summit that took place right at the same time.