Sky News Host PANICS During Climate Activist Interview Or: How I learned to stop worrying and love that this video is still going viral
Sky News Host PANICS During Climate Activist Interview Or: How I learned to stop worrying and love that this video is still going viral
Man that was painful to slog through, she was so… not participating in good faith, but kudos to him for remaining so calm while she blatantly mischaracterized what he’d said. Up there with that Fox News tucker Carlson interview with the teen vogue reporter where she calmly owns him and refuses to play into his schtick.
She wasn't even making sense on her own recognizance. And the constant attempts to appear an authority "you must understand that your blockaded rises cost of living bills" fucking how.
Imagine publicly selling out your whole nation on national television and being this fucking smug about it. I hope a meteor protests onto her head.
God she is trash. He did very well
He did. He stayed calm and directed the focus gently back to the topic when she tried to drift off. He knew his facts and wouldn't let her confuse him. He didn't get angry or yell at her or get personal. A perfect example of how to handle such a horrible interview
That was one incredibly well spoken, well prepared, and well informed interviewee. We need more people like that.
Ha! They'll never let him on-air again. He makes them look too stupid.
Activist communication is a difficult task. Difficult enough to require increasing specialisation in (climate) activism - the average protester won't be able to do this and will at best just refuse interviews. They likely memorised a whole book full of talking points and their refutations.
It is difficult, I've seen advice online and in some organisations basically saying to not engage with media unless you actually know your stuff. It's the next step after "don't talk to cops". Like you said, a professional interviewer would be stupid to go in without cramming some gotcha points.
Thanks for the link, I'd never heard of Rising Tide before today but I was so impressed with the interview that I donated them some money! Cheers!
There was a post involving one of the protestors here some time ago
https://aussie.zone/post/15547078
Thanks for donating.
Thanks for posting, I didn't see this when it was new. One excellent move was around 3:00 when the climate speaker points out that the cops and government shouldn't be taken at face value, because skepticism and distrust of the government is a clear point of unity between much of the channel's audience and the climateprotesters, especially those Sky fans who are anti-lockdown and saw how police handled them.
As we've seen recently with media coverage of mass positive reaction to the health insurance CEO assassination, this puts Sky in contradiction to the audience of their corporate propaganda. The interviewer might lose their job if they punch upwards (the wrong way) and so they'll probably position themselves against most of their viewers. This isn't quite the same, as the police and government aren't providing the Sky paychecks, but are the enforcers of the Sky owners' position.
I'm also wondering if it was good luck or baiting that the interviewer circled in on the knee-jerk "China bad" xenophobia: regardless of views on China's governance, their renewable efforts are commendable, and the interviewer was baited into blaming China for their coal pollution and they're now justifying blocking our coal trade!
I think the technical term for how that interview went for the news anchor is "get rekt"