Only 5% of national TV news segments on the record-shattering heat wave that scorched Texas mentioned climate change
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Throughout the recent record-breaking and deadly heat wave that affected millions across Texas and other parts of the Southwest, major TV networks largely failed to report on the links between climate change and the extreme heat. Over a two-week period from June 15-29, an analysis by Media Matters found: Only 5% of the 310 segments and weathercasts about the heat wave across national TV news mentioned climate change. Major cable news networks – CNN, Fox News Channel, and MSNBC – aired 187 segments or weathercasts about the heat wave, but only 8 mentioned climate change. MSNBC mentioned the connection between the extreme heat and climate change 5 times and CNN mentioned it 3. Corporate broadcast networks – ABC, CBS, and NBC – aired a combined 123 segments or weathercasts that discussed the heat wave, but only 7 mentioned climate change. ABC led the way with 5 mentions, while CBS and NBC each mentioned the connection between extreme heat and climate change once.

Throughout the recent record-breaking and deadly heat wave that affected millions across Texas and other parts of the Southwest, major TV networks largely failed to report on the links between climate change and the extreme heat. Over a two-week period from June 15-29, an analysis by Media Matters found: Only 5% of the 310 segments and weathercasts about the heat wave across national TV news mentioned climate change. Major cable news networks – CNN, Fox News Channel, and MSNBC – aired 187 segments or weathercasts about the heat wave, but only 8 mentioned climate change. MSNBC mentioned the connection between the extreme heat and climate change 5 times and CNN mentioned it 3. Corporate broadcast networks – ABC, CBS, and NBC – aired a combined 123 segments or weathercasts that discussed the heat wave, but only 7 mentioned climate change. ABC led the way with 5 mentions, while CBS and NBC each mentioned the connection between extreme heat and climate change once.

  • TheThirdStrike
    21•1 year ago

    The sad thing is… it doesn’t matter which side of the political fence you’re on… We all know climate change is a real thing, and year after year it gets worse.

    But one side wants to address it, while the other side wants to get paid to ignore it.

    Then the propaganda machine gets spinning, and you’ve got people that know better arguing against it just because they don’t want “the libs to get a win”.

    So, they’d rather watch the world burn than do anything about it.

    As conservative as my grandparents were, if you got them talking about it outside of politics, they would agree with you on anything related to climate change… As soon as you brought up any plans to do something about it… It’s t"he Dem are trying to take over your life".

    So… So… So very sad.