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The strike for climate on 15th March ran in over 120 countries (and in over 2,000 places), with a global estimated attendance of 1.5m. It had an estimated attendance of 20,000 in London (and thousands upon thousands throughout the UK).
#FridaysforFuture
#Strike4Climate
#FridaysforFuture
#Strike4Climate
It was and is an incredible, inspiring and extremely news-worthy issue, especially as it's been led by young people, organised by young people, but is galvanising adults to pay attention.
The fact that @BBC could barely be bothered to give it any focus in their TV news programmes (in many cases not even mentioned at all) or in online news (see @BbcClimate for its prominence, or lack thereof online) is an absolute disgrace.
The @BBC are not fulfilling a public service. Instead, they are protecting dangerous status quo when expert consensus demands urgent change.
These are their editorial choices. And Friday's example is not just a blip in their coverage. It is part of a consistent pattern of @BBC editorial choices to ignore or keep to the margins, the most important global issue of our time.
@BBC are complicit in the climate crisis. And they are not fit for purpose.
#schoolstrike4climate #SchoolsStrike4Climate
#schoolstrike4climate #SchoolsStrike4Climate
