MEDIA TURNING AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE DENIERS

Fox News Anchor Thinks Telling The Facts On Climate Change Is "Unbalanced"

Denise Robbins, June 17, 2014 (Media Matters)

“Fox News anchor Bret Baier lashed out against [the Arizona Daily Sun] for refusing to publish denial of the basic fact that man-made greenhouse gas emissions are driving climate change… [Editor Randy Wilson wrote] the ‘basic idea that human activities are accelerating the pace of global warming in an unsustainable way enjoys the same scientific consensus as the finding that smoking causes cancer.’

“…Baier declared that the newspaper, by choosing to omit climate denial, does not ‘have room for balance’…[but as] the evidence becomes even more certain…media outlets are taking a stance against false balance on global warming. The Los Angeles Times' letters editor similarly stated that the newspaper would not print letters…that say there's no sign humans have caused climate change…The New York Times' public editor Margaret Sullivan spoke out against false equivalence…[and] several CNN hosts have denounced media for presenting global warming as up for debate and for providing a stage to the vocal minority of climate change deniers…” click here for more

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