Summary of The News Media Is Selling You Out | Climate Town

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The video discusses how the news media is selling out to oil companies by allowing them to place ads in legitimate news outlets. It also discusses how this has contributed to the public's misunderstanding of climate change. The video ends with an ad for Ground News, a media comparison platform that encourages media literacy.

• 00:00:00 In this video, Riley Williams discusses how the news media is selling out to oil companies. He points out that oil companies have been on the supply side of environmental disasters for years, and that journalists have successfully informed the public about this. He also discusses how oil billionaires were terrified of becoming penniless in the 1970s, and how the current administration, led by Herb Smurtz, helped to create this situation.
• 00:05:00 The video discusses the history of Herb Schmirtz, who is credited with pioneering the use of fake article advertisements to manipulate the public. Schmirtz's strategy of targeting the opinion pages of the New York Times worked extremely well, and by the early 1980s, he had become a powerful figure in the tobacco industry.
• 00:10:00 The video discusses how the news media is complicit in the promotion of fossil fuel industries, and how this has contributed to the public's misunderstanding of climate change. The article also mentions how the New York Times has established a "net zero" emissions by 2070.
• 00:15:00 The video discusses how various media outlets, including the Washington Post, are selling out to oil companies by regularly publishing advertisements promoting fossil fuels. The viewer finds this jarring, and researches how to turn off advertisements on YouTube. Ground News, a media comparison platform, provides research on who owns which publications and highlights their impartiality. The video ends with an ad for Ground News, which encourages media literacy.
• 00:20:00 The video discusses how the media is selling out its consumers by allowing advertisers to promote their products through legitimate news outlets. It also discusses how a non-profit called documentary educational resources has partnered with climate town to accept donations in ways that can be deductible on taxes.