New Analysis Finds Significant Differences in How Accurately Cable News Networks Portray Climate Science

The scientific accuracy of climate change coverage varies significantly across the three major cable news networks, according to a new analysis from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS).

To gauge how accurately these networks inform their audiences about climate change, UCS analyzed the networks' climate science coverage in 2013 and found that each network treated

climate science very differently.

Fox News was the least accurate; 72 percent of its 2013 climate science-related segments contained misleading statements.  CNN was in the middle, with about a third of segments featuring misleading

statements.  MSNBC was the most accurate, with only eight percent of segments containing misleading statements.

New Analysis Finds Significant Differences in How Accurately Cable News Networks Portray Climate Science