"Our planet's climate is rapidly changing and threatening the future of our civilization, yet mainstream media outlets and many conservatives continue to ignore the problem. Why?"

"Is it because they dial-group their news coverage? Have entertainment values corrupted the honored role of news in our democracy?

Do aggrieved, self-polarizing reactionaries now have a Nielsen-veto over objective reporting of inconvenient truths?"

Former Vice President Al Gore, chairman of Generation Investment Management and the Climate Reality Project, writes for the Huffington Post July 2, 2013. [2]