• charles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    28
    ·
    1 year ago

    Read the three lines right above that quote. Those are the experts.

    Adrienne McCarthy, a researcher at Kansas State University, told the Guardian why this is particularly troubling.

    “It’s propaganda 101,” she said. “Equating people concerned about climate change with Nazis can have long-term impacts on young, impressionable people. The beliefs PragerU are pushing forward overlap with far-right extremist beliefs. The fear is that they will bring this sort of extremist beliefs into mainstream society.”

    In a piece for Mother Jones, principal climate scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists Kristina Dahl annotated the transcript of one of these videos, demonstrating how the visuals and script are trying to convince the viewer to ignore the findings of scientific research.

      • glacier@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        21
        ·
        1 year ago

        The article does explain what is being taught to students.

        The Florida Department of Education has approved screening videos that deny the Earth’s changing climate to schoolchildren in the state, according to the Guardian.

        The videos approved to be shown to children from kindergarten to fifth grade feature characters who question several sustainable actions, such as moving away from dirty energy sources, switching to renewable energy, and reducing reliance on plastics.

        Now, videos featuring climate-denial talking points could be shown to children as young as five years old.

      • charles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        8
        ·
        1 year ago

        If you want to complain about the toxicity of sensational headlines, I don’t think many people would disagree. But it’s two posts in a row you’ve claimed untrue things about the article without having clearly read and digested it. Maybe you should consider why you’re so quick to assume it’s “propaganda” and rush to prove yourself correct.