MediaWatch: June 1992
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Additional Attacks on the Human Race
MORE CNN SERMONS
Other CNN reports also bemoaned man's destruction of the planet. "Agenda Earth" featured essay-style segments from reporter Larry Woods: "'The earth does not argue,' observed Walt Whitman, 'does not scream.' Maybe it should. Especially the way we gorge the countryside with garbage. Society's use-and-toss mentality poses nagging problems." Woods also preached that "Man's vilification of the Earth has indeed marched down to the sea and beyond," and asked: "Can humanity confront its damaging handiwork while there's still time?"
"Hole in the Sky" took on ozone depletion. On May 26, CNN anchor Bernard Shaw again singled out the human race as a cancer on the planet: "This is a story about human folly. Mankind's attempt to engineer a better place to live, to improve upon nature with inventions such as refrigeration, foam packing, and electronics. But the man-made chemicals used in pursuit of the good life have put all life on earth in jeopardy. The chemicals have punched a hole in the sky." Shaw concluded: "Already, there's a moral to the story, and that is nature may not always be able to recover from the abuses of modern civilization."
