{"id":213968,"date":"2022-08-17T11:09:35","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T09:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=213968"},"modified":"2022-08-17T11:09:36","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T09:09:36","slug":"media-playing-project-fear-with-climate-change-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=213968","title":{"rendered":"Media playing \u2018project fear\u2019 with climate change coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" data-attachment-id=\"214017\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=214017\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/0Screenshot-2022-08-17-110826.png?fit=836%2C471&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"836,471\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0Screenshot-2022-08-17-110826\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/0Screenshot-2022-08-17-110826.png?fit=723%2C407&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/0Screenshot-2022-08-17-110826.png?resize=723%2C407&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-214017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/0Screenshot-2022-08-17-110826.png?w=836&amp;ssl=1 836w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/0Screenshot-2022-08-17-110826.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/0Screenshot-2022-08-17-110826.png?resize=768%2C433&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Commentator Sophie Corcoran says the media is trying to \u201cpeddle a new narrative\u201d to play \u201cproject fear with\u201d as reports emerge climate change is causing childhood obesity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CBS has reported on a study which connected climate change to rising childhood obesity rates, which Ms. Corcoran dismissed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAre we just going to completely forget the fact that we forced children to stay inside for over a year?\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; 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