When #greenwashing by #ad companies meets bad journalism.
Not at all what I expect from the #Guardian 😞
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/24/bus-shelter-roofs-turned-into-gardens-for-bees-butterflies-aoe
The message here is "yes we can make tiny symbolic gestures to protect the environment, but only if it saves #advertising profits":
No ads, no bees. Would be a pity if we had to throw away the flowers!
It's beyond ridiculous! I'm going to unravel the deception in five toots:
(this is 1/8) 🧵
Not at all what I expect from the #Guardian 😞
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/24/bus-shelter-roofs-turned-into-gardens-for-bees-butterflies-aoe
The message here is "yes we can make tiny symbolic gestures to protect the environment, but only if it saves #advertising profits":
No ads, no bees. Would be a pity if we had to throw away the flowers!
It's beyond ridiculous! I'm going to unravel the deception in five toots:
(this is 1/8) 🧵
Buzz stops: bus shelter roofs turned into gardens for bees and butterflies
Bee bus stops first appeared in the Dutch city of Utrecht. Now the UK is planning for more than 1,000 and there is growing interest across Europe and in Canada and AustraliaPhoebe Weston (The Guardian)
Aral Balkan
in reply to Quincy • • •Quincy
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Makes sense, unfortunately. A business model where ads pay for content is practically designed to impact objectivity ðŸ˜
- regarding the advertised products and apparently on the meta level as well.