World news CNN couldn’t be bothered with

That’s right: The future of the planet is being debated at the UN Climate Change Conference, COP 17, in Durban, South Africa, but the story didn’t even crack the listings in the “World” section on CNN.com, let alone their headlines.

Canadian activists protest tar sands extraction at the COP 17 conference in South Africa. Image from Democracy Now! video still.

Instead, one of the two featured stories they had at the top of the homepage was an opinion piece declaring that Jesus would have opposed the Occupy movement. I am not making this up. Meanwhile, Democracy Now! is reporting from on location at COP 17 all week. Negotiators from more than 190 nations are in their final week of key talks on fighting climate change — the future of the Kyoto Protocol is in doubt, as is the formation of a new Green Climate Fund.

Among the stories Amy Goodman and team cover today are: how the African continent is already being heavily impacted by the climate crisis; a direct action by youth and indigenous peoples from Canada, who presented the delegates with mock gift bags (filled with fake tar sand and tourist brochures) to protest proposed tar sands extraction; an interview with with Indian writer and analyst Praful Bidwai, on how the U.S. focus on China and India’s emissions neglects our own responsibility; and the International Trade Union Confederation’s condemning of the decision by the UN to hold next year’s climate change conference in Qatar, a Gulf nation known for its restrictive labor laws.

But, you know, Jesus probably would be too annoyed with the Occupy movement to bother with the climate, too. – amanda

3 thoughts on “World news CNN couldn’t be bothered with”

  2. Amanda: Thank you for the post. It’s amazing how many people profess to speak for Jesus. Must be some sort of reverse communion.

    Eric: Right you are. Love the “occasionally abused” part.

  3. Yes, we are to “occupy,” not by railing against a free market system that rewards diligence, even though it is occasionally abused. Rather we are to occupy by using that system ethically as a means to advance the interests of the one we serve.

    — cnn article referenced above

    Tell that to the Pacific Gas and Electric employees whose pensions were ripped off by Enron. The system sometimes rewards diligence, but poor people who survive are some of the most diligent in the world. “The system” rewards B o A.

    This guy is a slice of lard.

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