What Chuck Todd Talks About Instead of Talking About Climate
Not talking about the largest climate march in history left Chuck Todd with some time to fill up on NBC’s Meet the Press.
Climate Crisis? That’s Not News
Hundreds of thousands filled the streets of New York for the People’s Climate March. But some big corporate media outlets didn’t seem to think that was news.
Fracking Away the Climate Crisis
The New York Times and PBS NewsHour present very different looks at fracking. What’s missing from both? Climate change.
WaPo Bemoans a Climate Debate It Helped ‘Devolve’
The paper’s editorial page has a new focus on fighting climate change. But will it keep publishing climate nonsense?
FAIR TV: Obama’s Forgotten ‘Surge,’ Rebranding Jeb Bush, Climate Expert Coulter
This week: Obama’s Afghan War drawdown was big news–but what do media leave out of the story of the White House’s war strategy? Plus the New York Times assists in a Jeb Bush rebranding effort and CNN goes to climate change expert…Ann Coulter? Watch:
Action Alert: Ann Coulter as CNN’s Climate Change Expert
FAIR’s latest Action Alert (5/28/14) urges media activists to call out CNN for basing a climate change report around one guest: right-wing climate change denier Ann Coulter. If you write to CNN, please share a copy of your message in the comments below.
FAIR TV: Chinese Spies, Western Wildfires and Meeting (Some of) America
The TV networks fail to note US hypocrisy in Chinese spying indictments. Climate change is missing from California fire reports. And NBC’s “real people” are remarkably white and conservative.
CNN’s Climate Change Coverage: Starring Ann Coulter
As we’ve noted before, some of CNN’s previous climate coverage has involved putting climate deniers on Crossfire. But this is actually worse.
Weather From Another Planet: Wildfires and Climate Change
Extreme drought, extreme heat and extremely devastating wildfires in Southern California are big news for TV journalists. But don’t mention climate change.
FAIR TV: Snowden, Palestinian Brass Knuckles, Rubio’s Climate Denial
This week: ABC talks about a “raging debate” over Edward Snowden. They must mean the one that’s not on their show. Plus: The New York Times takes a long time to correct a story about Palestinian teen’s imaginary brass knuckles, and ABC‘s Jonathan Karl has the wrong response to Marco Rubio’s climate nonsense. Watch:
The Wrong Response to Rubio’s Climate Nonsense
Rising GOP star Marco Rubio doesn’t believe in climate change. But watch how the reporter who asked him about it reacts.
FAIR TV: Crossfire Climate Change, CIA & Polio and ABC Loves Disney
This week on the show: CNN brings back Crossfire–but isn’t it time to stop “debating” climate change? Plus a look at big media leaving the CIA out of their reporting on the resurgence of polio, while ABC News brings viewers an infomercial for parent company Disney.
Can Crossfire Have a Climate Change Debate Without Climate Change Denial?
It’s enough to make you wish Crossfire would take another break–or at least decide that the climate crisis demands an entirely different sort of debate.
Silly Environmentalists, Getting Upset Over a Little Pipeline
‘Both sides’ are exaggerating the impact of the Keystone XL pipeline, says a Washington Post reporter. He’s half-right.
Let’s Stop Looking at the Downside of Climate Change
New York Times op-ed writers shed crocodile tears over the prospect that climate advocates they have done their level best to undermine might not be getting their message out effectively.
Meet the Press Gets Out of the Beltway—But Takes Washington Worldview Along
NBC’s Meet the Press is introducing segments called “Meeting America,” billed as an attempt to get out of the Beltway bubble. It’s a fine idea in theory, but their first installment, a look at the Keystone XL pipeline, was a flop.
Sunday Morning Snow Job
On February 16, 2014, all three Sunday morning programs featured the climate change topic prominently. Unfortunately, quality didn’t match quantity, reflecting the “balance as bias” framework of years past, with scientists debating nonscientists and facts vying with opinions and political platforms—sometimes to the point of incoherence.
Public Confused About Climate Change? It’s Everybody’s Fault But the Media’s
Too hear the New York Times tell it, public misperceptions about the reality and severity of climate change aren’t just the fault of the fossil-fuel industry–scientists are also to blame, for being too nuanced.
FAIR TV: Climate Change False Balance, MSNBC Cheers Its Boss, Apology-Free O’Reilly
David Gregory seemed to say that the science on climate change was settled. So why did he have a debate about whether climate change is happening? Plus MSNBC’s Morning Joe cheers on its corporate parent, while Bill O’Reilly gives us one more example of why Fox News is so special.
Meet the Press Meets Climate Change
Think the days of climate change ‘false balance’ are over? Think again.
