Thursday, December 19, 2013

Media Still Doesn't Like Talking About Climate Change: Study

Growth in electricity use to lag growth in gross domestic product. (Credit: Energy Information Administration) Click to enlarge.
Surprise! The media still doesn't want to discuss climate change that much.

A new FAIR survey looking at top national news networks found that while reports of extreme weather dominated the media in 2013, networks failed to include hardly any mention of human influence.  From January to September 2013, CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News and ABC World News aired 450 segments consisting of 200 words or more, FAIR reported Wednesday.  However, only 4 percent of those reports actually mentioned the words "climate change," "global warming" or "greenhouse gases."

Media Still Doesn't Like Talking About Climate Change: Study

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