Climate change in news media

1. Climate change in news media Sophie Roos, Elizabeth Bucheit, Morgan gordon, spencer wade, nick ditullio

2. Types of news media • News Broadcasts • Newspapers • Radio

3. Conservative news/ fox news • Like most conservatives, Fox news anchors are skeptics • They label global warming with titles such as hocus pocus • Call it hype, hoax, outrageous lie, etc. • At the same time, they verbally attack environmentalists (Particularly Al Gore) • Generally they criticize his character • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnt3FWToSWs • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPNWRti8CfY&feature=relmfu Nick

4. Liberal news • Liberal News Broadcasts include stations such as MSNBC, CNN and NBC • Generally, these stations talk in favor of the scientists who research and believe in human induced climate change • Usually attack the skeptics of the issue • Liberal news anchors can also be seen attacking the anchors of conservative networks • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP7J_MWwOeI Sophie

5. National Newspapers • Newspapers, just like news broadcasts, can be slanted more liberally or conservatively • More conservative newspapers are The Washington Times and The Chicago Tribune • A more liberal newspaper is USA Today • The newspaper closest to being unbiased is The New York Times. This is usually found to be the most unbiased and the most fact oriented. • “New Orleans Shrank After Hurricane Katrina, Census Shows” • http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/04/us/04census.html?_r=2&scp=2&sq=Hurricane+Katrina&st=cse • Global Warming News Article • http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/science/topics/globalwarming/index.html?scp=1-spot&sq=Global+Warming&st=cse# • Oil Spill • http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/bp-oil-spill-has-little-impact-on-global-drilling/?scp=3&sq=bp+oil+spill&st=cse Elizabeth

6. Local newspapers • Local newspapers usually contain more specific stories on climate change. They generally relate more directly to the town or city of the newspaper. • This can be a very effective way of making people aware of the problems of climate change since it is happening in their own backyards. • http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/news_details/article/313/2011/february/15/clean-energy-economy.html Morgan

7. radio • Radio, just like newspapers and news broadcasts, can be presented as more liberal or more conservative. • Station KYGT in Colorado has a radio show called Neighborhood Earth. It is described as “A program about sustainability, the measure of how well we create our own lives without degrading the same opportunity for future generations. We’ll examine energy use, waste streams, climate change and the health aspects of the materials we consume.” • http://radiotime.com/program/p_142583/Neighborhood_Earth.aspx • The G. Gordon Liddy Show out of Maryland is a conservative radio show which recently had a show about the global warming hoax. • http://radiotime.com/ProgramDetails.aspx?SegmentId=33205202&ProgramId=20256 • http://radiotime.com/Search.aspx?query=climate%20change Sophie

8. Youtube clips • http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DJOzCkBNZHNI%26feature%3Drelated&h=50bfdRSqRh2DOd8RBY3OcdkK0iA • http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DhvG2XptIEJk%26feature%3Drelated&h=50bfdeO2KFn1IB365Y2nvkPCggw