No Surprise: Most Cable News Climate Change Coverage Lacks Accuracy
Brianna Ellion, HuffPost
Posted: 04/07/2014 1:54 pm EDT Updated: 04/07/2014 1:59 pm EDT
It is no secret that TV news coverage of climate change is far from perfect, even with outlets generally devoting very little time to the issue. And according to a new report released Monday, when cable news in particular does decide to cover climate change, it doesn't always get the facts straight.
The report from the Union of Concerned Scientists analyzes just how accurately cable news networks in the United States, including CNN, Fox News and MSNBC, cover climate science.
The UCS analysis found that, in 2013, MSNBC had the highest accuracy rate in its coverage of climate change, getting the state of the science right about 92 percent of the time. CNN came in second, at 70 percent accuracy. Fox trailed at 28 percent accuracy. The inaccuracies identified in the report typically stemmed from dismissing or doubting scientific facts, or from overstating and understating current science.
At the time of publication, CNN and Fox had not responded to requests for comment, and MSNBC's vice president for media relations said she had not seen the report.
(More here.)
Posted: 04/07/2014 1:54 pm EDT Updated: 04/07/2014 1:59 pm EDT
It is no secret that TV news coverage of climate change is far from perfect, even with outlets generally devoting very little time to the issue. And according to a new report released Monday, when cable news in particular does decide to cover climate change, it doesn't always get the facts straight.
The report from the Union of Concerned Scientists analyzes just how accurately cable news networks in the United States, including CNN, Fox News and MSNBC, cover climate science.
The UCS analysis found that, in 2013, MSNBC had the highest accuracy rate in its coverage of climate change, getting the state of the science right about 92 percent of the time. CNN came in second, at 70 percent accuracy. Fox trailed at 28 percent accuracy. The inaccuracies identified in the report typically stemmed from dismissing or doubting scientific facts, or from overstating and understating current science.
At the time of publication, CNN and Fox had not responded to requests for comment, and MSNBC's vice president for media relations said she had not seen the report.
(More here.)
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