The United Nations “climate summit” in Glasgow, known as COP26, continued to draw promotional coverage in the New York Times. Saturday’s story focused on the youth movement: “Unmoved by Climate Promises, Activists Hit Glasgow’s Streets.”
Megan Specia (reporter) and Stephen Castle (1,400 words each to the report). Times’ latest climate change children’s crusade, again with no opposing facts or opinions to dilute the mix of left-wing zeal masquerading as youthful righteousness, chucking journalistic rigor in favor of leftist propaganda.
This week, thousands of climate activists across the globe converged on Glasgow in Scotland to call for real change at the global climate conference.
Young protesters claim the climate crisis is imminent and are calling for urgent action.
They have spent the week disrupting talks held by gas giants, and staging theatrical spectacles on the fringes of the international event, known as COP26. Protests in the streets will intensify Friday and Saturday with demonstrations expected at 100,000 participants.
Un familiar face appeared.
The youth-led climate strike was organized by Fridays for Future, the international movement that has grown out of Greta Thunberg’s solo school strike that began in 2018.
Ms. Thunberg, whose strike inspired young people the world over to take action on climate change, was met with cheers as she spoke to the crowd following the march….
All types of left-wing activists were represented. However, the journalists tried to keep it grassroots.
Veteran environmentalists joined families with children, workers, social campaigners, and students who skipped school during the march to call for more action by world leaders.
Glasgow residents lined the streets to watch the colorful spectacle pass by, as children clutched hand-drawn signs reading, “Stop deforestation,” “Save the planet!” and “Act now.”
It Times itself captured images of signs that read: “Capitalism + Colonialism = Climate Crisis,” suggesting this movement isn’t based so much on principled concern by the young for the environment as it is left-wing groups smuggling in anti-capitalist ideas under “green” protection. The paper didn’t acknowledge the wide left-wing message.
According to the young activists, they are not satisfied with reducing emissions. The young activists want to see solutions that are fair for all and help eliminate racism, sexism, and neglect of developing countries.
The reporters missed an easy chance to note the hypocrisy of an international conference hinged on the supposed emergency of climate change, producing carbon emissions in the form of private jet travel for attending leaders.
COP26 was canceled due to the absence of many environmental activists.
The Britain-based COP Coalition, an umbrella group of climate activists and organizations, has labeled the conference the “least accessible climate summit ever,” pointing to chaotic crowding and some delegates being told to dial into the meeting from hotel rooms.
But wouldn’t a remote conference be both COVID-safe and environmentally friendly?
This is far from the paper’s first foray into impressing children into the battle against “climate change.” A July 2018 Times story read like a press release, starting with the headline: “Teenagers Fight Climate Change, From the Front — Meet the Leaders of a National Movement Called Zero Hour.”
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