English major Chris Mooney complains about journalists who "don’t know what they’re talking about"

Chris Mooney | The Climate-Media Paradox: More Coverage, Stalled Progress

Why? Climate change isn't an issue that we have the luxury to endlessly debate about, to  hear “both sides” on, or to selectively attend to when it’s convenient. It is the issue of the century, if not the millennium.

But at the same time, you really won’t know that unless you are A) insulated from Fox-style misinformation; B) have enough perspective, scientific and otherwise, to see this issue in the context of the global human energy system, and ultimately, the planetary energy balance itself.

Needless to say, human beings who can tick off both box A and also box B are still far too  scarce. And our media, overall, do little or nothing to create them. Indeed, our media are full of people who themselves are either misinformed, missing the broader perspective, or both.

Who, then, speaks for the climate? If you ask me, it’s too often journalists who not only don’t know what they’re talking about, but don't feel that it's part of their job description to do better. And that, really, is the essence of our problem.