The media has run with this label because it sounds scary, and the primary purpose of the media is to scare you to death which helps them get clicks and sell eyeballs to advertisers.

The scientists do not like this term either.

Losing Thwaites Glacier would be troubling, but the overly alarming nickname might do more harm than good.

Source: Please Stop Calling It the ‘Doomsday Glacier’ – CNET

Reminder – The Guardian invented the term “climate crisis” and worked to make that the standard terminology for all news outlets. The term did not exist in any official climate reports. Read that link. It’s incredible. In one fell swoop, The Guardian self-identified as an Orwellian propaganda operation. Those how know this cannot trust The Guardian to accurately and honestly report the news.

The media turned itself into the purveyor of fear porn, causing widespread anxiety, fear, hysteria and even acts of violence.

Nothing the media publishes can be considered an accurate portrayal. Nothing.