Tell the truth
Extinction Rebellion DC targets Washington Post and CNN with Tell the Truth Campaign
The climate and ecological emergency is here. Mass extinction is well underway. People are suffering and dying. One million species are on the brink of extinction. Starvation, war and pestilence are coming. The breakdown of society is now a very real possibility. Our children are not safe.
If this were a war we’d be reading about the crisis Every. Single. Day. This is the biggest story in human history and yet, according to Yale polling, 53 percent of the people in this country do not hear about the biggest emergency facing humanity. Only one in 10 Americans feel “very well informed” about an existential threat.
That means outlets like CNN and The Washington Post are failing the American public because they are failing to tell the truth about the scale of the emergency.
Public pressure on governments can bring about tremendous change. But before people can act, they need to be well-informed. Our news media is failing to inform the public about the nature and severity of the climate and ecological emergency.
XRDC knows CNN can do better to inform its viewers about the nature and severity of the emergency. That’s why we’ve launched our Tell the Truth campaign. We’re urging this globally recognised media outlet to rise to the moment by putting the story front and centre of its coverage. Our children will not forgive anything less.
What do we want The Washington Post and CNN to do? Read our demands