Thread by @DoctorVive

📢BIG NEWS📢

@EndClimtSilence has teamed up with @DataProgress to poll voters about their attitudes to climate media coverage.

Did previous findings replicate?

✨YES✨

💥Americans want to hear about the #ClimateCrisis in the broadcast news!💥

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💥A MAJORITY OF VOTERS FOLLOW CLIMATE CHANGE CLOSELY IN THE NEWS💥

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💥A MAJORITY OF VOTERS THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE NEWS MEDIA TO CONNECT CLIMATE CHANGE AND EXTRME WEATHER EVENTS💥

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💥AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF VOTERS WANT TO HEAR IF CLIMATE CHANGE IS WORSENING AN EXTREME WEATHER EVENT💥

79% OF DEMOCRATS
68% OF INDEPENDENTS
66% OF REPUBLICANS

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💥A MAJORITY OF VOTERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO USE NEWS SOURCES THAT CONNECT CLIMATE CHANGE TO EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS💥

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💥A MAJORITY OF VOTERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO USE NEWS SOURCES THAT PROVIDE MORE STORIES ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE💥

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To give voters the information they need to make decisions in an increasingly chaotic world, the media must cover the #ClimateCrisis with the accuracy and urgency it deserves. They can feel confident that it is not only the right thing to do, but also what voters want.

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Read the full @DataProgress blog post, a collab by me and the lovely and brilliant @x3Marcela_ & @danielledeis. 💚

#EndClimateSilence

dataforprogress.org/blog/2020/9/17…

@mmfa @citizenfisher @jamieclimate @sejorg @CoveringClimate @CJR @medialens @jayrosen_nyu @ClimatePower @EvergreenAction check it!

@JayInslee @KtreeThomas @SenWarren @SenMarkey @SenWhitehouse @SenJeffMerkley @JoeBiden @KamalaHarris @StefFeldman

VOTERS CARE ABOUT THE CLIMATE CRISIS

From @DataProgress:

dataforprogress.org/blog/2020/9/17…