An Astonishing State of Disarray 

The media, specifically CNN, never ceases to provide the American people with stunning reminders of just how low they are willing to stoop in the name of increased viewership. The newsfeed has been even more dichotomous than usual with the resurgence of the Earth’s prodigal child, Greta Thunberg. She was invited to be a guest on a special episode of CNN’s “Coronavirus: Facts and Fears” town hall discussion. Obviously, this particular town hall episode was intended to examine the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic. Subsequently, Ms. Thunberg’s lack of credibility in the medical field quickly became the hot topic for discussion. And that discussion quickly evolved into hysteria, as the American people once again lost their minds over the convictions of a seventeen-year-old Swedish girl.  

It is not just a matter of her qualifications. It could be argued that CNN wanted the perspective of a well-educated, well-traveled young person who is living through these bizarre times. However, that argument seems trite considering CNN is the mainstream media equivalent of “Fear Factor”, as they will shamelessly do anything for a story.  

                The reappearance of Thunberg caused the media’s right and left leaning sources to take to their fighting positions once again. The right has been feverishly demonizing this young lady, while the left continues to present her as the second coming of Al Gore. However, the real and very inconvenient truth of this matter is that both of those portrayals fail to accurately represent Thunberg. She is a young lady who has been exploited by the American media in a grandiose fashion.   


                Greta Thunberg became the cannon-fodder for front-page articles and internet memes alike, after her famous, “you have stolen my dreams and my childhood” speech went viral in 2018. Her passionate delivery of that shot her into the stratosphere of climate control “experts”. She is now back in the public eye, as people have had an absolute field day by dissecting whether or not she is credible enough to speak on the global pandemic. However, that debate is as pedantic as it is redundant. She is by no means a medical professional, properly suited to provide the American people with credible information regarding the global pandemic. But neither is CNN.  


                CNN’s “Coronavirus: Facts and Fears” town hall is a desperate grab for viewers. It is not something that any human with a shred of intelligence should have watched with the intention of gaining knowledge. CNN pulled Thunberg out of obscurity because they knew there was a little bit more, they could ring out of her.


                Greta Thunberg is just a teenage girl whose genuine passion for the environment has been destroyed by the medias propensity to sensationalize the wrong topics. The media could not give less of a shit about Thunberg or the environment. Our climate should not be a divisive political issue, it should be a universally recognized necessity to just take care of our beautiful planet. But that is just not the world we live in.

 There is undeniably a slew of issues associated with the Earth’s climate, some as a result of the current pandemic. But we are not going to solve them by getting upset at the opinions of someone that is not even old enough to purchase their own cigarettes. 

                The entire world is in an astonishing state of disarray and here we are wasting brain cells debating over teenage-girls and the weather.