Extinction Rebellion activists formed a blockade at the entrance of a New York City newspaper printing facility on April 22, 2022 in an effort to hamper distribution of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and other corporate-owned newspapers to protest their failure to cover the planetary emergency frequently enough. The demonstration singled out News Corp, The New York Times Company, and Gannett (owned respectively by the Journal, the Times, and USA Today) for “enabling the government’s gaslighting of the public” by burying critical climate stories below the fold or in later pages. The outlets have also come under fire for plastering fossil fuel company ads alongside their coverage and actively perpetuating climate disinformation. I wish they would confront the PBS NewsHour for inadequate attention to the crisis as well.
www.commondreams.org/news/2022/04/22/activists-blockade-corporate-newspapers-over-inadequate-climate-coverage