"I don’t want anything to do with the mail and guardian. Fake journalism and a crap newspaper." - In tomorrow's @mailandguardian, why our climate change story elicited this response from a very senior DA official.

Also. Cool news alert: We have a story about climate politics.
Here’s the DA climate change story @lesterkk did for the @mailandguardian https://mg.co.za/politics/2020-08-07-calls-for-climate-change-to-top-da-policy-conference-agenda/ As the DA swings right, global heating becomes a point of contestation over the future of the party.
Calls for climate change to top DA policy conference agenda

Some people in the Democratic Alliance apparently have a narrow view of what sustainability means, but voters are concerned about the climate crisis

https://mg.co.za/politics/2020-08-07-calls-for-climate-change-to-top-da-policy-conference-agenda/
In response to questions for this article, the DA’s spokesperson on environment - James Lorimer - called what the @mailandguardian does ‘fake journalism’. A dangerous term used to delegitimize and attack those that seek to hold those in power to account.
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