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We've released our annual report on how broadcast TV networks coverage climate change. mm4a.org/4Xa
Thread to follow with some of the key findings.
Thread to follow with some of the key findings.
Broadcast news coverage of climate change dropped 45% in 2018
ABC was by far the worst, but only NBC covered climate change more in 2018 than in 2017
World News Tonight and This Week With George Stephanopoulos, which together air for four and a half hours each week -- spent almost as little time on climate change as Fox News Sunday, which airs for just an hour each week
NBC’s number was boosted by the December 30 episode of Meet The Press, which was entirely about climate change. Without that, NBC would have lagged behind CBS.
When broadcast news does talk about climate change, it is usually with white men.
Of the 112 people featured in the networks' climate segments, 102 were white.
Ninety-one of the 112 people featured were men.
Of the 112 people featured in the networks' climate segments, 102 were white.
Ninety-one of the 112 people featured were men.
Broadcast TV networks’ news programs aired hundreds of segments on extreme weather events that occurred in 2018.
Only nine of those extreme weather segments mentioned climate change.
None of the networks’ news reports on the hurricanes of 2018 mentioned climate change.
Only nine of those extreme weather segments mentioned climate change.
None of the networks’ news reports on the hurricanes of 2018 mentioned climate change.
Climate change affects society, human health, and the natural world in many different ways -- some of which got more coverage than others from the broadcast TV networks.
When the broadcast TV networks' news programs did cover climate change, they rarely mentioned potential solutions.
