Fox News Climate Coverage 93% Wrong, Report Finds

[XemaSab]

Primetime coverage of global warming at Fox News is overwhelmingly misleading, according to a new report that finds the same is true of climate change information in the Wall Street Journal op-ed pages.

Both outlets are owned by Rupert Murdoch's media company News Corporation. The analysis by the science-policy nonprofit Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) finds that 93 percent of primetime program discussions of global warming on Fox News are inaccurate, as are 81 percent of Wall Street Journal editorials on the subject.

"It's like they were writing and talking about some sort of bizarre world where climate change isn't happening," study author Aaron Huertas, a press secretary at UCS, told LiveScience.

"It's clear that we're not having a fact-based dialogue about climate change," Huertas added.

http://news.yahoo.com/fox-news-climate-coverage-93-wrong-report-finds-193433943.html;_ylt=Ap6AQbDTRd59KQr6DgBelwlqted_;_ylu=X3oDMTZlcW5sc3NhBGNjb2RlA2dtcHRvcDEwMDBwb29sd2lraXVwcmVzdARtaXQDQXJ0aWNsZSBNaXhlZCBMaXN0IE5ld3MgZm9yIFlvdSB3aXRoIE1vcmUgTGluawRwa2cDMjJjNjMxZjUtNmU4NC0zYWZiLTk2NjctZjhjZTU1YmQxNDQzBHBvcwMxNQRzZWMDTWVkaWFCTGlzdE1peGVkTmV3c0ZvcllvdUNBVGVtcAR2ZXIDY2RjNWZhYzEtMDc0OC0xMWUyLTlmYjYtZjQ3ODY5ZjkxZTFl;_ylv=3

Hat tip to Forkboy for the link.

[xocet]

1. Here is a link to the Executive Summary of the report and to the original document in pdf format....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021422987

[limpyhobbler]

2. OK but I think it would be better to study all the news outlets to see how they compare.

It is important to know what conservatives see in their news, but to some extent Fox news viewers are a lost cause.

To be honest, I'm more concerned about the way climate issues are presented to centrist and liberal/progressive viewers of CNN and MSNBC. None of the news outlets seem to be communicating a sense of alarm and urgency in my opinion.

They should study all the channels.

Any study should also include the views presented in the commercial advertisements, because those are also an important part of the message being delivered.

[CRH]

4. Can't speak for MSNBC not available here, ...

however CNN for the most part, does not report on climate change. The latest school shooting, or Seria uprisings or suppressions, or a Mitt Romney gaff, always are more news worthy and dominate the coverage, and the recycling of that coverage, again and again. The main stream is not getting the message from CNN.

[pscot]

3. I don't get it

What's in this for Murdoch? His money comes from media, not fossil fuels or transport. I doubt he's stupid. Maybe he gets a charge out of knowing he and Western Civ are going out simultaneously? Or maybe it's just pure greed, damn the consequences.