Fw: CNBC must be held accountable

[Thomas Olbert]

--- On Thu, 11/14/13, Emily Southard, Forecast the Facts <in...@forecastthefacts.org> wrote:

> From: Emily Southard, Forecast the Facts <in...@forecastthefacts.org>
> Subject: CNBC must be held accountable
> To: "Thomas Olbert" <twm...@yahoo.com>
> Date: Thursday, November 14, 2013, 9:12 AM
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> CNBC's climate
> coverage keeps getting worse. 
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> Donate $15 to run mobile billboards in New York
> City's and Chicago's financial
> districts to hold CNBC accountable for
> it's irresponsible climate denial.
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> Dear Thomas,
> Thousands of lives were lost this
> past week in the Phillipines — and CNBC continues
> to deny climate change.
> If ever there was a time to say
> "enough is enough," this is it.
> Yet, CNBC host and star climate
> denier, Joe Kernen, marked Sandy’s one-year
> anniversary by arguing against investing to protect utility
> customers from extreme weather. Then, as Typhoon Haiyan made
> landfall, CNBC claimed it was just another “natural
> storm,” and invited well-known climate denier Joe
> Bastardi on-air who blamed sea level rise on “warm
> Atlantic multidecadal oscillation.”
> It's clear
> that CNBC still hasn’t gotten the message that
> climate denial is bad for business (and the future
> of modern civilization). Investors want facts, not lies.
> That’s why we’re working with our friends at
> Media Matters and Environmental Action to take our message
> to CNBC’s core audience: the financial industry.
> Can
> you chip in $15 to get CNBC's attention with a 20-foot
> mobile billboard set to circle Chicago’s and New York
> City’s financial districts with the ad
> above?
> Already 45,000 Forecast the Facts
> members have signed the petition demanding CNBC start
> reporting the economic risks of fossil-fueled climate
> change. We delivered those petitions directly to CNBC
> headquarters. But, a Media Matters report shows that
> CNBC’s climate coverage has continued to worsen.
> By taking our ad to two
> of the world’s largest financial centers, we’ll
> be able to expose CNBC’s climate denial to the folks
> the network cares about: businesses and investors.
> In addition, we'll hire a professional photographer to
> capture the reaction people have when they see the
> billboards. Then, we will send those photos to local and
> national media outlets in hopes of the publicizing
> CNBC's irresponsible news coverage.
> Of course, all of this comes at a
> price. The mobile billboards for both Chicago and New York
> will run about $10,000 for three-days of advertisement and
> the photographers will cost about $500 for each city. Our
> goal is to pay for at least $2000 of these costs.
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> Help
> reach our fundraising goal and hold CNBC accountable for its
> climate denial by donating $15 today.
> As extreme weather intensifies,
> Americans are waking up to the reality of climate change. A
> recent survey found that in states impacted by droughts and
> sea level rise, 84% of people agree that global warming is
> happening — including those in traditionally
> conservative states like Oklahoma and Texas. 
> Businesses are also stepping up
> to the plate. In an interview on CNBC's Squawk Box,
> Steve Holliday, CEO of the utility company National Grid,
> announced major investments in climate resiliency to prevent
> future damages from extreme weather. Still, CNBC host Joe
> Kernen told Holliday "I don't want you to be doing
> all this stuff for your company if it's not
> necessary." 
> If CNBC is going to live up to
> it's self-proclaimed tagline as "the recognized
> world leader in business news," they have to stop
> denying climate change. Climate denial is preventing
> meaningful action on climate change — thereby, costing
> countries billions and a growing number of lives. 
> Tell
> CNBC to stop it's dangerous climate change denial.
> Pitch in $15 today.
> Factually yours,
> Emily, Brad, Sylvie and the rest
> of the Forecast the Facts team
> MORE INFORMATION
> "CNBC Marks Sandy
> Anniversary by Mocking Climate Change," Grist,
> 11-06-2013
> http://act.forecastthefacts.org/go/504?t=7&akid=271.36288.3Xb6HL
> "These Are Naturally
> Occurring Storms," CNBC, 11-08-2013
> http://act.forecastthefacts.org/go/505?t=9&akid=271.36288.3Xb6HL
> "Sea Level Is Rising,"
> IPCC
> http://act.forecastthefacts.org/go/507?t=11&akid=271.36288.3Xb6HL
> "Study: Global warming
> alarms USA," AZ Central, 11-13-2013
> http://act.forecastthefacts.org/go/506?t=13&akid=271.36288.3Xb6HL
> "REPORT: CNBC Still Deeply
> In (Climate) Denial," Media Matters, 09-18-2013
> http://act.forecastthefacts.org/go/508?t=15&akid=271.36288.3Xb6HL
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