In that case Steam flatpak isn’t really what you want. You probably want to use Bottles, which creates a flatpak-like sandbox. This is not a guarantee or anything, but does give you some protection (at least, better than running it on Windows I guess).
I think it’s a combination of:
So this spate of legislation is tepid for both sides, so it doesn’t really “make” news. As far as Fox & other right wing media, going into the detail of climate change just hurts their message because no one can look at detail and not immediately realise that there’s “something to this climate change mumbo jumbo”, so covering this is actually toxic for them. They are better off sticking to the top-level “it’s a hoax they want to kill your babies” or whatever.