Politicians, Media, Voters, and Climate Change

Evan Thomas tells us the media is heroically doing all it can to raise awareness about climate change... but the public just doesn't care (at least Rahm Emanuel says so) and the politicians are too timid to push for real sacrifice. But then he tells us that public apathy is being "enabled by political reporters... of the more than 3,000 questions asked in the more than 20 presidential debates, fewer than 10 mentioned global warming." So apparently the media is doing just great -- except when it isn't.

On a (un)related note, is "global warming" the Dunkin' Donuts to Starbucks' "climate change"? I've begun to sense hints of snob appeal attached to the latter.