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Put the heat on the media

Urge them to ask presidential candidates where they stand on global warming

Sign the Petition to Talk Show Hosts:

What are you waiting for?

As a political reporter, you hold a particular public responsibility to ask politicians tough questions about the nation’s most pressing problems.

The world’s scientific community has unequivocally determined that global warming is a man-made crisis of the highest order, threatening our economic prosperity, international security, environmental stability, and the survival of millions. It is also one of the most pressing concerns, with the Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change stating, “If there’s no action before 2012, that’s too late. What we do in the next two or three years will determine our future.”

Yet your reporting on the 2008 elections has ignored the climate crisis.

We demand that you publicly acknowledge that the science of global warming is settled and that the climate crisis is an urgent threat.

We insist that you prioritize global warming in your interviews with all candidates through the 2008 election.

The American public deserves to know where all the candidates stand on the climate crisis and the solutions they propose to address it.

Asking those questions is your responsibility. We call on you to do it.

 
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Why sign the petition?

Heat is On demonstrators in South Carolina

The climate crisis will be the biggest challenge facing the next president. But the most-watched reporters don't seem to think so.

Since January 2007, they have asked presidential candidates a total of 2,938 questions. Just 6 of those questions mentioned global warming.

Mainstream television reporters need to know that global warming is a top voter concern. Talk show hosts must focus on the human race, not the horse race. What are they waiting for?

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