Simon Smith was the Senior Editor and Online Editor for the Summer 2000 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism. The Questionable Coverage of Global Warming
Why are the media so cool to such a hot story?
By the end of 1997, the trend was clear. It was the planet’s 19th consecutive year of above-normal temperatures and the hottest year on record. Disappearing glaciers, melting sea ice and a sea-level rise of 15 centimetres over the past century indicated that global warming was more than a theory. Environmentalists cited the summertime Red […]
