{"id":14434,"date":"2023-06-25T04:31:16","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T09:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=14434"},"modified":"2023-06-25T04:32:20","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T09:32:20","slug":"iowa-meteorologist-resigns-after-death-threats-over-climate-crisis-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=14434","title":{"rendered":"Iowa meteorologist resigns after death threats over climate crisis coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An Iowa meteorologist says he is resigning from the television station where he works because he developed post-traumatic stress disorder after threats over his climate change coverage.
On Wednesday, Chris Gloninger, the chief meteorologist at Des Moines\u2019s CBS TV station affiliate KCCI, announced that he will be stepping down from his position and leaving his broadcast career in July.
Gloninger said in a statement on Twitter: \u201c18 years. 7 stations. 5 states. I am bidding farewell to TV to embark on a new journey dedicated to helping solve the climate crisis.\u201d
He added: \u201cAfter a death threat stemming from my climate coverage last year and resulting PTSD, in addition to family issues, I\u2019ve decide to begin this journey now<\/em>\u201d.
Last July, Gloninger, who has spent 18-years of his career covering climate change as well as the weather and became KCCI\u2019s chief meteorologist in 2021, shared a series of disturbing emails he received regarding his coverage.
One message said: \u201cI don\u2019t watch your worthless weather forecast because your an idiot but someone else texted me and said you are still an idiot, go the hell back where you came from DOUCHEBAG.\u201d
Another message said: \u201cScience like FAUCI you dumb son of a bitch, go east and drown from the ice cap melting dumb fuck!!!\u201d, referring to president Joe Biden\u2019s former chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci.
Another particularly distressing email said:, \u201cWhat\u2019s your home address, we conservative Iowans would like to give you an Iowan welcome you will never forget, kinda like the libtards gave JUDGE KAVANAUGH,\u201d referring to supreme court justice Brett Kavanaugh, whose house was surrounded by demonstrators last year to protest the elimination of federal abortion rights.
Alongside the email screenshots that he shared last year, Gloninger wrote, \u201cMy\u2002#climate coverage has garnered negative feedback. But last month I received the first threat, followed by a flow of harassing emails. Police are investigating. It\u2019s mentally exhausting & at times I have NOT been OK. If you\u2019re facing this & need someone to talk to, I\u2019m here.
\u201cThe threat of course was concerning, but the stream of harassing emails is even more distressing. It means he is thinking about it constantly. He is angry about it and filled with hate.\u201d
In September, the Iowa Capital Dispatch reported that 63-year-old Danny H Hancock of Lenox, Iowa, was fined $150 for sending a series of harassing emails to Gloninger. Hancock admitted to sending the emails and was charged with third-degree harassment, according to police.
Speaking to the Washington Post recently, Gloninger said, \u201cI was not sleeping. \u2026 I had bags under my eyes.
\u201cI don\u2019t want to be the news. \u2026 I wanted to bring awareness to the fact that it\u2019s not just me, it\u2019s other climate scientists, scientists, journalists.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Theguardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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