Bloomberg covered recent climate protests in New York City, but the author argues it missed the main point by focusing more on protest tactics than demands. Protesters called on President Biden to stop approving new fossil fuel projects and exports to meet the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting warming to 1.5°C. However, U.S. fossil fuel production and exports are still rising under Biden. The article critiques Bloomberg for questioning the effectiveness of large marches while failing to acknowledge its own role in misinforming about Iraq and Brexit. When protesters threw soup on a painting, Bloomberg covered the stunt but not the climate crisis. The author says media must clearly connect protest actions to scientific warnings, otherwise different tactics will not matter.

Failing to do so frames protests as symbolic rather than responses to an existential threat that demands ending fossil fuels.

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