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Cable news programs lag behind their broadcast news counterparts in linking climate change to the Pacific Northwest heat wave


A Media Matters analysis found that from June 26 through 27 during the first 48-hour period of an intense and deadly heat wave which is scorching the Pacific Northwest, shattering temperature records, and creating dangerous conditions for a region unaccustomed to and unprepared for excessive heat morning and evening news shows on broadcast TV networks as well as all original programming on the major cable news networks aired 35 combined segments on the Pacific Northwest heat wave. Only eight of them, or 23%, mentioned climate.
The unprecedented event immediately follows a brutal heat wave that baked the West earlier this month. Broadcast coverage of the western heat event showed a major improvement in how these programs cover extreme weather, mentioning climate change in 27% of segments on the western heat wave. This latest heat wave in the Pacific Northwest shows that broadcast TV networks’ coverage basically stayed the same, mentioning climate change in five of the 17 ....

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