On the Financial Times' profile of Sultan Al-Jaber, oil man

Stenography is not Journalism

I did my Bachelor's in environmental health before switching to the social sciences and doing a Master's in Cultural Studies and a PhD in Cultural Analysis. Due to that, I have a decent familiarity with the world of STEM¹ while being more at ease in the social sciences.

So when I read an article like the one published on the Financial Times Weekend by Malcolm Moore, their energy editor, I feel like I am losing my mind.

Moore interviewed Sultan Al-Jaber, the Emirati oil man who was given presidency of COP28² because it was the UAE's turn. The interview was uncritical, scarcely different than would have been written by a stenographer. I'm sorry, I don't intend to be mean or anything, but I want to try …