Fox News blamed windmills as Texas power failed

“This week showed that the problem of parallel news universes — the problem of alternative realities of information — does not just apply to politics,” CNN’s Chief Media Correspondent Brian Stelter said on “Reliable Sources” Sunday. “It even applies to the weather.”

Tucker Carlson was just one of the Fox News personalities who criticized windmills and questioned the existence of global warming. A chyron on his show last week read, “Green Energy Means a Less Reliable Power Grid.”

Pro-Trump outlets, Stelter said, took swings at progressive politicians rather than holding lawmakers of both parties accountable.

Fox News’ senior political correspondent Mike Emanuel criticized Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — who launched a fundraiser for Texas relief — for “pouncing” on the state’s power issues in an effort to push her “progessive wish list.” The Democratic congresswoman from New York said over the weekend the effort had raised $4 million.

“It is a literal political storm in the South,” Stelter said.

As for the millions of Texans who are struggling, “It has been apocalyptic,” Emily Ramshaw, co-founder and CEO of The 19th News, told Stelter.

“If local media weren’t doing their jobs here we would have next to no information,” said Ramshaw, who’s based in Austin. “I have reporters from other news organizations coming to my house to shower with this very limited water trickle we have.”