The Climate of Denial reflection

Al Gore’s essay, “The Climate of Denial” illustrates how the media and America in general is oblivious to the harmful effects of global warming. As long, and dry as it was, the “article” did bring up some interesting points. The analogy in the beginning almost perfectly demonstrated how blind we are to our environment, and sometimes we are blind on purpose. Al Gore elaborates on how Americans have been purposely blinded to the major environmental issues. I even agree with Gore. I believe that everyday Americans are forced into denial, by the media. Television, radio, movies, and even newspapers are all facets of media which distract us from the real issues, especially those concerning our health and the environment. Although Al Gore even somewhat chastised Obama for not doing anything about climate change, we cannot forget that we the people can do something as well. Americans cannot bestow all of our blames and problems on one person about one issue. Whether you believe in global warming or not, in reading this article, I realized that the facts are all there. As Gore clearly wrote, think about the heat, droughts, and floods. Then, ask yourself and America’s referee the media “is it real?”