Skewed Tropical Cyclone Reporting; AMOC Collapse: Hype vs Reality; Expanding Polar Sea Ice; + The Latest Climate Delusion: Diamond Dust

...the press’s troubling descent from watchdog to lapdog.

Skewed Tropical Cyclone Reporting

While the Atlantic hurricane season has been somewhat active, overall tropical cyclone activity across the Northern Hemisphere as a whole remains well below average.

This year has seen only 49 named storms, far fewer than the historical average of 54.1, along with 27 hurricanes compared to the usual 30.1. Major hurricanes are also down, with just 12 recorded versus an average of 16.3. The Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) Index, a measure of storm intensity, currently sits at 360.3—significantly below the average of 509.2.

Despite these indicators, despite these facts, media coverage remains fixated on cherry-picking Atlantic storms, leaving the Northern Hemisphere’s below-average storm levels as a whole completely ignored, perpetuating their skewed narrative.

“Something we are doing is clearly not working,” said billionaire Jeff Bezos in a recent sermon to his employees the Washington Post. "Most people believe the media is biased. Anyone who doesn’t see this is paying scant attention to reality, and those who fight reality lose. Reality is an undefeated champion."

Officially now, trust in media is at an all-time low: the public view the press as little more than a mouthpiece for powerful backers and damaging agendas. The public is waking up to the way media narratives are carefully curated—not to inform, but to shape public opinion in ways that suit their sponsors’ agendas. Climate alarmism, selective scandal coverage, and the sheltering of influential figures like Bill Gates from scrutiny reveal the press’s troubling descent from watchdog to lapdog.

As revealed above, despite a lower-than-average tropical cyclone season in the Northern Hemisphere, headlines are filled with exaggerated coverage of “record-breaking” storms and “catastrophic” trends, painting a picture of crisis where there is none. Instead of reporting facts, many outlets leverage selective data to heighten climate fears and bolster a profitable narrative of impending doom. The goal? To keep the public on edge, to champion the policies of certain environmental lobbyists, and to maintain a steady stream of advertising revenue from corporate green initiatives. The result is not a well-informed public, but an anxious one, fed a steady diet of sensationalized half-truths designed to provoke rather than educate.

And then there’s Bill Gates, the tech titan turned public health “philanthropist” —uh-huh— who now faces legal action in the Netherlands over questionable vaccine practices. Despite this, mainstream media coverage remains suspiciously muted. Gates, who has invested billions in media initiatives and global health projects, enjoys a uniquely favorable press that doesn't ask tough questions. Outlets overlook his recent indictment, choosing instead to preserve his carefully managed image as a benevolent visionary. The message couldn’t be clearer: the press protects its patrons, sheltering the powerful from the very scrutiny it ruthlessly applies to others.

It’s not just his public health ventures that escape critique. Recently, Gates funneled $50 million to the Harris campaign, quietly passing it through backdoor channels to keep it under wraps—another move overlooked by the media. Yet when Musk funds causes on the opposite side of the political spectrum, the press decries such contributions as a threat to democracy itself.

It’s a pattern repeated across countless issues.