A press functioning as it should in a democracy would, instead of shaming those who need it to survive/function, frame the discussion of reliance on AC as the fault of the wealthy and powerful drivers of climate change and their paid-for politicians who refuse to combat it.
I loathe air conditioner shaming. It’s bizarre Puritan nonsense that gets vulnerable people killed in heat waves. (Did you know a lot of people who die in heat waves HAVE AC, but never turned it on?).
Shut it down wherever you encounter it.
