By: Linda Khan
Devastating consequences of the climate crisis are being submerged by climate misinformation messengers, who are persuaded by a self-serving but very powerful minority to mistrust scientific evidence. In many cases such disbelief emerges from social media affordances, which could actually be tapped as a source for rapid public information dissemination during emergencies like extreme weather events. Instead, in a post-truth society, political beliefs hold more sway than substantiation, and social media sites have become the intermediary between right-wing oligarchs and everyday citizens.