Climate of Contempt
  • Home
  • About the Book
    • Book Contents
    • Appendices
    • Errata
    • Reviews & Book Talks
  • Blog
    • All
    • Journalism, Bias & Censored News
    • Energy Transition Policy & Policymaking
    • Partisanship, Elections & the Energy Transition
    • Democracy & Transition to Authoritarianism
  • More Resources for Readers
    • Media Bias & Misinformation
    • Political Communication & Dysfunction
    • Energy Transition Blogs & Podcasts
    • Selected Related Books
    • Energy Transition Terminology
    • Legal & Government Sites
    • NIMBY News
    • Playlist
Select Page

Nick Offerman understands why “BE MORE ALARMED!” journalism is harmful

Jul 26, 2025 | Blog, Framing and the Energy Transition Debate, Journalism, Bias & Censored News

The Trump Administration has given people who care about the environment a lot to be alarmed about. The president has (i) used mass firings at the EPA and DOE to hobble those agencies’ ability to execute laws that promote clean energy, (ii) refused to enforce...

Annotating Energy Transition Stories — Episode # 3

Sep 5, 2024 | Blog, Framing and the Energy Transition Debate, Journalism, Bias & Censored News

I noted in a previous post that popular understanding of the energy transition is harmed as much by constant minor exaggerations and omissions as by outright lies. Many of the misrepresentations of the MAGA right are characteristically obvious, often parroting Donald...

Annotating Advocacy Journalism – Episode #1

Apr 15, 2024 | Blog, Journalism, Bias & Censored News

Let’s look at two April 2024 examples of misleading journalism. On April 12, 2024 the Daily Caller ran a piece entitled “Electricity Prices Have Risen Seven Times Faster Under Biden Than Trump.” It began with this: Electricity prices have experienced a significant...
No comments to show.

Designed by Elegant Themes | Powered by WordPress