Over Memorial Day weekend, a series of devastating extreme weather events across America – from deadly storms and tornadoes to record-shattering heat waves – continued a trend of escalating weather extremes, which has been observed both nationally and globally this year. These events are not isolated incidents; as Media Matters noted earlier in May, the world has already experienced a string of record-breaking extreme weather events in 2024, and experts predict this trend will continue in the coming months.  The urgency of the situation demands a more comprehensive response from national TV news, which has thus far failed to consistently connect extreme weather to the rapidly escalating climate crisis and its increasingly devastating impacts.