By Charles
C. W. Cooke
Wednesday,
September 28, 2022
From
CNN’s Don Lemon comes a nice example of the total
inability of so many in the media to discuss any topic outside of their
preferred frames. The acting director of NOAA’s Hurricane Center, Jamie
Rohme, wants to talk about Hurricane Ian. But Lemon isn’t interested in
Hurricane Ian. He’s interested in climate change. So he talks about that
instead.
“We can
come back and talk about climate change at a later time,” says the director,
before giving an explanation of Ian’s intensification patterns and the
formation of a second eyewall. “Pretty interesting for your viewers,” he
suggests.
But not,
apparently, for Lemon, who insists that his guest had “said you want to talk
about climate change” — which he hadn’t, as anyone with elementary social
skills could have deduced — and immediately returns to where he started. “I
don’t think you can link climate change to any one event,” says the director.
“To link it to any one event, I would caution against that.”
To which
Lemon responds that he grew up “there” — by which he didn’t mean Florida, but
Louisiana; declares that “these storms are intensifying”; and then, with
palpable irritation, moves on.
Beyond parody.
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