Andrew Glikson (Earth and paleo-climate scientist) on Mainstream climate malreportage (2019): “With the exception of the few who comprehend the nature of a Faustian Bargain, some billionaires, captains of industry and their political and media mouthpieces are driving humanity toward self-destruction through the two biggest enterprises on Earth, the fossil fuel industry,which is devastating the Earth atmosphere,and the industrial-military machine leading toward nuclear war. The rest of the world is dragged subconsciously, induced by bread and circuses … By close analogy with the tobacco denial syndrome, albeit with consequences affecting the entire Earth, the fossil fuel industry has been paying climate pseudo scientists to propagate fabricated untruths regarding the origins and consequences of global warming, widely disseminated by the media. Despite irrefutable evidence for global warming, such fabrications are still quoted by pro-coal lobbies and compliant politicians … In view of the rapidly growing direct evidence from the increase in extreme weather events, the common tactic has changed from outright denial to a minimization of the significance and consequences of the shift in state of the climate. Whereas news items channeled by international news agencies regarding extreme weather events are generally reported, at least by national broadcasters, the plethora of discussion and debate programs on TV and radio stations mostly overlook the enhanced toxic effects of carbon gases[5], or relegate it behind sports and entertainment news” (Andrew Glikson, “The gathering climate storm and the media cover-up”, Countercurrents, 2 January 2019: https://countercurrents.org/2019/01/02/the-gathering-climate-storm-and-the-media-cover-up/ ; )..