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It’s all in the blame: Shooting of polar bear a tragedy of climate, weather, selfie tourism, sustainable tourism, food choices, liberals, racism, etc., according to headlines

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The hits just keep coming.

When Svalbard’s polar bears make the news they usually do so virally and bizarrely, and the bear that was shot on Saturday after attacking a cruise ship guard is fully living up to that clickbait craziness. While most of the global headlines manage to report it’s a seemingly simple case of self-defense (but there’s still plenty of anger about humans invading the bear’s turf), the proliferation of headlines pushing inaccuracies and obvious agendas are continuing to spiral every further into surreality.

A sampling of “who/what is to blame” headlines from the past few days (and remember, these are just the English ones):

BLAME THE HEAT

This continues a common and wildly inaccurate theme during the first couple of days after the attack:

Polar bear shot dead by cruise ship worker a stark reminder of the perils of climate change, expert says

But then this takes the nonsense further by altering a few words (remember: “weather” and “climate” are two very different things).

Polar bear shot lifeless by cruise ship employee a stark reminder of the perils of local weather change, professional says

BLAME STUPID PEOPLE TRICKS

Variations on a theme:

Polar bear’s death raises questions about sustainable tourism in the Arctic

The polar bear shooting tells us everything that’s wrong with selfie-driven wildlife tourism

Polar Bear Who Attacked Cruise Leader Tells a Sad Story of How Our Food Choices Are Harming Species

BLAME THE LIBTARDS

A polar bear has been shot — and suddenly white lives matter
(“It was the first time that I’ve seen the left get this upset about something bad happening to someone who’s white.”)

Is it right to shoot a bear that is attacking you in its territory?
(An MMO site: “yes” prevails 87/13 in online poll.)

Cruise ship bear guard survives being mauled by polar bear in Svalbard
(From world-famous climate change denialist Susan Crockford, who of course sympathizes with the guard)

BLAME ROUNDING UP ERRORS

When you search for “Svalbard polar bear attacks cruise guard” and get headlines like these, all you can do is wonder WTF?

King County Homeless Shelters Don’t Reach Goals and May Face Penalties, Farewell to Ofo, Where Are the Montlake Gays?

NJ Cruise Ship Rider Takes Upskirt Photo of Young Girl: Pros

CASTING OUT THE BLAME

And just to show some are capable of a pretty decent perspective about the whole thing:

Polar bear safety
(By someone who does “more or less the same work as these guides do.”)

About Post Author

Mark Sabbatini

I'm a professional transient living on a tiny Norwegian island next door to the North Pole, where once a week (or thereabouts) I pollute our extreme and pristine environment with paper fishwrappers decorated with seemingly random letters that would cause a thousand monkeys with a thousand typewriters to die of humiliation. Such is the wisdom one acquires after more than 25 years in the world's second-least-respected occupation, much of it roaming the seven continents in search of jazz, unrecognizable street food and escorts I f****d with by insisting they give me the platonic tours of their cities promised in their ads. But it turns out this tiny group of islands known as Svalbard is my True Love and, generous contributions from you willing, I'll keep littering until they dig my body out when my climate-change-deformed apartment collapses or they exile my penniless ass because I'm not even worthy of washing your dirty dishes.
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