“PBS NewsHour” led the way in coverage of climate change among U.S. nightly news programs in 2014 for the third year in a row, according to a new analysis.
Progressive watchdog group Media Matters found that “NewsHour” covered climate change 45 times last year, up from 35 in 2013. “CBS Evening News” aired only 22 reports on climate in 2014, while “NBC Nightly News” and ABC’s “World News Tonight” aired 14 and 11 climate-related stories, respectively.
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“The networks continue to provide a platform for climate science deniers — despite the fact that 97 percent of climate scientists agree human activities are causing global warming,” Andrew Seifter, the director of Media Matters’ climate and energy program, said in a statement to Mother Jones.
