What does ‘climate’ and ‘porn’ have in common?
Damned if I know, but here is the headline of an article I saw from the BBC.
Media attacked for ‘climate porn’ (see story)
In fact, after reading the article, it appears that this writer is attacking the media for how it portrays climate today, using histrionics and graphical depictions to highlight the need for concern. In short it is attacking the way the media is attempting to get us common people to give a damn about the climate.
While I tend to agree that the media does hype stuff up and uses images that are extreme in the most part to get their point across, isn’t the author doing the same here? I mean the headline really has nothing to do about PORN really, nor does the implication raised have much to do with porn. I mean porn isn’t about making people feel helpless, sad, or disheartened. Least not the stuff I have seen.
So kind of like the kettle calling the pot black here.