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Related: About this forumClimate change accuracy of the biggest 3 cable news providers.
CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC are the most widely watched cable news networks in the U.S. Their coverage of climate change is an influential source of information for the public and policy makers alike.
To gauge how accurately these networks inform their audiences about climate change, UCS analyzed the networks' climate science coverage in 2013 and found that each network treated climate science very differently.
Fox News was the least accurate; 72 percent of its 2013 climate science-related segments contained misleading statements. CNN was in the middle, with about a third of segments featuring misleading statements. MSNBC was the most accurate, with only eight percent of segments containing misleading statements.
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/solutions/fight-misinformation/cable-news-coverage-climate-change-science.html
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Climate change accuracy of the biggest 3 cable news providers. (Original Post)
Ichingcarpenter
Apr 2014
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(50,983 posts)1. Fox is always wrong, about everything.
People should be embarrassed to admit they watch Fox.
deutsey
(20,166 posts)2. And, yet, here in Upside Down World
watching FOX is a badge of honor for some.
mdbl
(4,973 posts)3. Seriously, why is fox even measured? They mislead with every statement.
Fox wasn't created to inform. It was created to manipulate.
eppur_se_muova
(36,261 posts)4. Someone at Fox is going to get raked over the coals ...
"Only 72% ?? What do you think we pay you for ?"
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)5. They were just at 7% accuracy
two years ago according to the article so .....Progress...LOL