World switches off to save planet in “Earth Hour”
BILLION PEOPLE TAKE PART
Australia first held Earth Hour in 2007 and it went global in 2008, attracting 50 million people, organisers say. WWF, which started the event, is hoping one billion people from nearly 90 countries will take part.
Your subhead says one billion people participated? At the time this was posted the entire world hadn’t even gotten to “earth hour.” Did you just make this number up? Why not report the news truthfully and stop pushing an agenda?
Tom
Don’t your journalists know about who, what, when, where and why? The story I read never said WHEN Earth Hour was!
Amazed
We got our share of criticism over this one in the blogosphere. Yes, every version of the story should have made the time element of the event clear, and no, that subhead should not baldly have said that a billion people were taking part: GBU Editor
The Eiffel Tower is pictured during Earth Hour in Paris March 28, 2009. More than 80 countries have signed up for Earth Hour on Saturday in which homes, office towers and landmarks will turn off their lights from 8.30 pm local time to raise awareness about climate change and the threat from rising greenhouse gas emissions. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
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