Climate Change Denial on CNBC's Squawk Box

[Old Okie]

I don't post much although have shadowed this site for years before joining but watching Squawk Box this morning at 8:30 and seeing the host Joe Kernen launch into a full throat-ed denial of climate change along with one of his guests (with some vigorous push back by his younger and smarter co-host) was just too much for me. This is 2024! How do we get people like this off the air of the "liberal media". Tell me who I can complain to ar CNBC.

[CrispyQ]

1. Maybe he doesn't have kids or grandkids. ???

These types of (mostly) men lack the imagination to visualize what's coming & they think the wealth they have today will insulate them from the worst of what's headed our way but they are so wrong.

on edit: He has a daughter.

[walkingman]

2. Change is hard no matter the issue but put politics in the equation

and if it doesn't fit their political silo then it becomes fake news. Add to that the religious beliefs that it is "god's will" and it becomes "we have no control" issue. Then you have the corporate lobbying by the fossil fuel industry that disputes reality as a necessary part of their existence and it is just reinforcement for those that want to belief it is wrong to begin with.

Lastly, I think most people are sheep - they will only do what they are forced or told to do without much effort. I have little confidence that Climate Change will become the priority it should be with distractions like war, poverty, immigration, and gun violence which are on our news daily.

I feel for younger generation because that don't know who to believe but will be victims of all of the problems we face these days. Not sure why anyone would want children these days - seems selfish to me.

[Scrivener7]

3. Joe Kernan has always been a moron. All those years on TV, I think he's been right about three times.

[Midnight Writer]

4. MSNBC was started with Roger Ailes in charge. It was his precursor to FOX.

The hosts and guests tend to be no-limits capitalists with extreme conservative positions.