'Pathetic alarmism': The Guardian ramps up 'climate emergency' reporting guidelines

Doug P. | 12:18 PM on May 17, 2019

Here’s a bit of news about the UK paper The Guardian that will no doubt be welcomed by Green New Deal proponents in the U.S.:

NEW: In email to staff, The Guardian says it’s changing the style guide when reporting on climate change…

– “Climate emergency, crisis” instead of “climate change”

– “Global heating” instead of “global warming”

– “Climate science denier” instead of “climate sceptic” pic.twitter.com/HDtZEuIkqK

— Mark Di Stefano ?? (@MarkDiStef) May 17, 2019

The Guardian (UK) is changing how it discusses climate change in its style guide.

"Instead of “climate change” the preferred terms are “climate emergency, crisis or breakdown” and “global heating” is favoured over “global warming”https://t.co/GjupUW5GM2

— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) May 17, 2019

The “science” must not be as “settled” as they think if it’s necessary to ramp up the rhetoric to that degree.

Pathetic alarmism masquerading as journalism. https://t.co/mmlkgi8mCX

— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) May 17, 2019

And they wonder how Trump gets away with calling the media "fake news." H/t @JohnEkdahl. https://t.co/O2cbDPkOX1

— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) May 17, 2019

They’re already at “you’re about to die,” which hasn’t left them much wiggle room for future alarmism.

You had me at "“Climate science denier” instead of “climate sceptic”". #ClimateScam https://t.co/iJtxIVC62D

— Tom Nelson (@tan123) May 17, 2019

Of course, from a scientific and literal point of view, this is idiotic. But if you read the Guardian for your climate change news, then you deserve to be misinformed.

— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) May 17, 2019