{"id":343341,"date":"2024-09-16T07:47:48","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T05:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=343341"},"modified":"2024-09-16T07:47:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T05:47:50","slug":"gag-on-climate-reporting-is-another-french-obscenity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=343341","title":{"rendered":"Gag on Climate Reporting Is Another French Obscenity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Vijay Jayaraj<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have reached the end of the Olympic summer in Paris, comprising of the Olympics and the Paralympics. Though the U.S. finished at the top in the Olympics and in the top three at Paralympics, much of the world\u2019s attention was on the Olympics\u2019 obscene mockery of Christianity in its opening ceremony at Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also overshadowed some unprecedented events in the city. A few days prior to the games, French authorities fined the country\u2019s second most popular news channel 20,000 euros for challenging the popular narrative about a purported climate crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNews, a round-the-clock news operation, was charged by the Regulatory Authority for Audiovisual and Digital Communication (ARCOM) with a broadcast\u2019s failing to adequately challenge views skeptical of the global warming scare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is the first time in France and internationally that ARCOM or a regulatory authority has issued a financial sanction for a breach concerning an environmental subject,\u201d said<\/a> QuotaClimat, an organization that reportedly has complained in the past about the climate reporting of various media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The case of CNews raises serious concerns about press freedom \u2013 a cornerstone of democratic societies \u2014 and the public\u2019s access to diverse perspectives on environmental issues. While the regulator argued that the channel failed to provide sufficient context and counterarguments, critics contend that the decision sets a dangerous precedent, effectively requiring media outlets to adhere to a specific ideological position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The role of journalism in a democracy is not to parrot official viewpoints or consensus opinions but rather to investigate, question and present different perspectives on important issues. By imposing restrictions on how climate issues can be reported, France undermines this crucial function of the media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This crackdown on climate reporting exemplifies a broader trend of using authorities backed by official powers to curb the expression of views that challenge a government\u2019s preferred narrative, a concerning development for anybody favoring an open society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The practice has become far too common in academic research as well. Scientists who challenge the crisis narrative are subjected to witch hunts and termination<\/a> from their professions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many climate scientists, influenced heavily by funding sources, are transforming their discipline into something that hardly qualifies as science. While their work has the appearance of scientific research and is conducted by those with scientific credentials, both its methodologies and findings are heavily shaped by the agendas of special interest groups, political figures and international governing bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Researchers and their organizations, in too many cases, have become harvesters of grants rather than seekers of truth. Such scientists are supplicants of governments and wealthy foundations wanting particular findings and willing to pay for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those who champion genuine scientific inquiry must speak out against deliberate efforts by climate alarmists to discredit sceptics, whose questions are manifestations of critical thinking. Inquiry into popular theories should be welcome, not treated as sedition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Galileo\u2019s astronomical discoveries to more recent controversies in fields like genetics and nuclear energy, attempts to protect the popular view have often backfired. slowing scientific progress and technological advancement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the case of climate change, this is true too. Restrictive energy policies \u2014 justified on the basis of addressing a \u201cclimate crisis\u201d \u2014 already have impeded economic growth and increased prices. Ideologues seek to reverse decades of advancement in clean-coal power generation, oil and gas development and other technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scientific understanding of Earth\u2019s climate is not furthered by silencing dissent but through rigorous research, peer review and open debate. By allowing a diversity of voices in the media, including those that challenge the so-called \u201cconsensus,\u201d opportunities for truth arise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isolated intrusions on press freedom are annoying. But actions like that of the French regulator for reporting on a climate story can be replicated by other governments and for other subjects \u2013 a certain eventuality without the intervention of honest citizens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this is the proverbial slippery slope greased by powerful people\u2019s lust for control or money or both. Left alone, only the most ruthless of the politically connected get to say where it ends. Even they can\u2019t say for sure, but history tells us it ends badly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This commentary was first published at yourNews<\/em><\/a> on September 10, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vijay Jayaraj<\/em><\/a> is a Research and Science Associate at the <\/em>CO2 Coalition<\/em><\/a>, Arlington, Virginia. He holds a master\u2019s degree in environmental sciences from the University of East Anglia, U.K., and a postgraduate degree in energy management from Robert Gordon University, U.K.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It also overshadowed some unprecedented events in the city. 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