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[[title/short::Assessing the Accuracy of Cable News Coverage of Climate Science]]
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* '''when''': [[when posted::2014/04/07]]
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* '''source''': [[site::Union of Concerned Scientists]]
* '''topics''': [[topic::global warming]] [[topic::Fox News]] [[topic::MSNBC]] [[topic::CNN]]
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* '''link''': [[URL::http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/solutions/fight-misinformation/cable-news-coverage-climate-change-science.html]]
* '''title''': [[title::Science or Spin?: Assessing the Accuracy of Cable News Coverage of Climate Science]]
* '''summary''': <call func=smw.let.echo key=Summary>"Accuracy varies significantly across major cable news outlets. All of them can take steps to improve their coverage of climate science." [[Fox News]] was worst (misleading 70% of the time), and [[MSNBC]] was best (completely accurate 92% of the time); when inaccurate, Fox tended to disparage [[global warming]] while MSNBC tended to overstate the case for it. [[CNN]]'s misrepresentations were mainly along the lines of representing the issue as still being under serious debate.</call>
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<p>[[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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>
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Reports on this study: [http://m.motherjones.com/environment/2014/04/cable-news-fox-climate-science-accuracy Mother Jones]
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