Our Demands

The climate and ecological emergency is causing mass extinction. Life is rapidly unravelling. The collapse of civilization is a stark possibility. 

The free press has a moral obligation to Tell the Truth about the emergency. However, our news media is failing to Tell the Truth about the nature and severity of the climate and ecological crisis. It can only redeem past failures to report on the climate and ecological crisis with an immediate shift to high-profile, inclusive, and fearless coverage. There will be no journalism on a dead planet.

Extinction Rebellion DC’s Tell the Truth Campaign has six central demands that, if adopted by CNN, and other major news outlets, would revolutionize American coverage of the seminal  story in human history.