Broadcast Networks | Media Matters for America

Media Matters regularly monitors the major national broadcast networks that provide television news: ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox.

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Despite clear signals that Hurricane Idalia was influenced by climate change, less than 2% of TV news coverage made the link

09/01/23 3:20 PM EDT
Media Matters’ Evlondo Cooper joins Drilled podcast to discuss national TV news’ poor coverage of climate protests

08/24/23 12:47 PM EDT
Only 4% of national TV news segments about Hurricane Hilary mentioned climate change

08/23/23 5:07 PM EDT
Only 4% of national TV news segments about the catastrophic wildfires in Hawaii mentioned climate change

08/11/23 3:40 PM EDT
National news' scant coverage of climate protests largely overlooked the scientific urgency driving controversial climate actions

08/07/23 11:28 AM EDT
Some national TV news outlets elevate climate coverage amid unprecedented extreme weather

07/31/23 11:24 AM EDT
Only 10% of national TV news segments about the catastrophic flooding in the Northeast mentioned climate change

07/14/23 1:39 PM EDT
Only 5% of national TV news segments on the record-shattering heat wave that scorched Texas mentioned climate change

07/03/23 3:21 PM EDT
Media Matters’ Evlondo Cooper joins KPFA’s A Rude Awakening to discuss inconsistent and inequitable climate coverage on national TV news

06/20/23 10:32 AM EDT
How national TV news’ extreme weather coverage overlooks the most vulnerable

06/14/23 4:05 PM EDT
National TV news chokes out the climate angle in coverage of Canadian wildfires

06/08/23 2:57 PM EDT
Most broadcast and cable networks covered violence against trans people in 2022 in reaction to the Club Q shooting — but at no other time

06/08/23 11:00 AM EDT