Silence of the Lambs: Climate Coverage Drops at Major U.S. Newspapers, Flatlines on TV - by Joe Romm

Back in November, we reported that climate coverage had dropped sharply at the New York Times after the paper closed its environmental desk.

The final numbers for the year are in, and NY Times climate coverage — stories in which the words “global warming” or “climate change” appeared — has plummeted more than 40 percent.  That is a bigger drop than any of the other newspapers monitored by the University of Colorado, though the Washington Post’s coverage dropped by a third, no doubt driven in part by its mind-boggling decision to take its lead climate reporter, Juliet Eilperin, off the environment beat.

And remember, this drop happened from levels of climate coverage that were already near a historical low and in a year that was HUGE on climate news.

Silence of the Lambs: Climate Coverage Drops at Major U.S. Newspapers, Flatlines on TV - by Joe Romm