Joyce Fegan: Trump’s Greta jibe calculated to distract all of us

UN secretary general António Guterres’s stark warning about climate change was ignored by the media in favour of the US president’s mocking of the Swedish activist. Our priorities are all wrong.

Joyce Fegan: Trump’s Greta jibe calculated to distract all of us

UN secretary general António Guterres’s stark warning about climate change was ignored by the media in favour of the US president’s mocking of the Swedish activist. Our priorities are all wrong.

Guess which of the following two headlines got more attention: “Every generation that follows will pay an unbearable price”, or “Trump tells Greta Thunberg to chill”?

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