In reporting on the death of Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), several mainstream media outlets criticized his stance on climate change.
In headlines and lead pieces, news outlets made sure to let readers know where Inhofe stood on the issue, despite being in Congress for more than 30 years. Inhofe died after the Fourth of July weekend after suffering a stroke. Inhofe retired from the Senate in early 2023.
“This is the same man who once brought a snowball onto the Senate floor as a bold symbol of climate change denial.”
“Oklahoma Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe, known for supporting the military and denying that climate change is man-made, has died at age 89,” reports the Associated Press.
“Former Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe, climate change denier and former chairman of the Armed Services Committee, dies at 89,” read a post on CNN’s X.
The New York Times described Inhofe as “perhaps Washington’s most prominent climate change denier.”
“Former Oklahoma Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe, who once brought a snowball onto the Senate floor as a bold symbol of climate change denial, died Tuesday,” Politico reported. reportMuch of Politico’s coverage was about Inhofe, who is also chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and his stance on climate change.
“But in February 2015, he brought a snowball onto the Senate floor to argue that human activity isn’t causing climate change. Many experts quickly pushed back, arguing that just because it snows every now and then in Washington, D.C., doesn’t mean human carbon emissions aren’t rapidly warming the climate,” Politico reported.
Media coverage of Inhofe’s death prompted X users to compare it to how the same media covered the deaths of more controversial figures in the Senate and around the world.
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