Discovery Channel Passes On Climate Change Documentary Episode
Discovery Channel Passes On Climate Change Documentary Episode
By David Taintor
Because of a ‘scheduling issue’, American viewers won’t be seeing a new BBC documentary program focusing on climate change.
The Telegraph reports that the seven-part series, Frozen Planet, will include that seventh climate change episode as an ‘optional extra’ — not to be seen on the Discovery Channel in the U.S.
Instead, only some ‘elements’ of the climate change episode will be incorporated into the Discovery series, according to the report, which will air six of the seven episodes.
Environmental advocates are criticizing the decision, saying it ‘censors’ the issue in a country that needs to hear the message most. It’s no great secret that Americans are skeptical of climate change science. It’s almost a deadly sin for a Republican candidate to openly acknowledge that human’s are having an impact on the planet’s temperature.