Once trusted faces on the news, meteorologists now brave threats, insults, and slander online from conspiracy theorists and climate change deniers who accuse them of faking or even fixing the weather. | AFP
“Murderers,” “Criminals,” “You’ll pay for this,” “We’re watching you,” the messages shouted.
Some referred to the “2030 agenda,” a debunked theory that global elites are plotting to subjugate people through Covid-19 and climate policies. “We have seen an increase in insulting messages as a result of a thread we published about condensation trails” on April 10, Aemet spokesperson Estrella Gutierrez-Marco told AFP. “What makes no sense is that they are insulting an institution that is constantly watching out for their interests, whose aim is … to contribute to people’s safety.”
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