AP Discovers Air Pollution is Bad, Not How it Got That Way
New Delhi’s air quality reached ‘severe’ levels, prompting citizens to protest a government accused of inaction. The AP breathlessly covers the crisis and the crackdown on dissent. What’s missing? Any mention of the international corporations that flood India with cheap, polluting industries, or the fact that India’s government, much like others, routinely prioritizes economic growth over
environmental health, often bankrolled by foreign investment eager for lax regulations. These aren't 'rare protests' so much as desperate cries from a population living in an environmental sacrifice zone. One might wonder if the oxygen masks are just hiding the real problem: the endless pursuit of 'progress' that leaves populations gasping for air while multinational interests turn a blind eye.
The true 'rare' event would be mainstream media tracing pollution back to its corporate benefactors instead of just the 'acrid smell.'