Broadcast TV news coverage of climate change U.S. 2022

Data on climate change coverage on broadcast news programs in the United States revealed that in 2022, the combined number of minutes dedicated to the topic amounted to 1,374 minutes, or just under 23 hours. This marked a large increase from the 380 minutes (a little over six hours) of coverage recorded in 2020 but only a small rise in coverage from 2021. ABC, CBS, and NBC each have their own initiatives when it comes to covering climate change, and improvements in the amount of coverage each year are clear. However, the source noted that the amount of coverage in 2021 accounted for just over one percent of all broadcast news programming that year.

Number of minutes of climate coverage on ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox broadcast news programs combined in the United States from 2020 to 2022

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Release date

February 2023

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United States

Survey time period

2020 to 2022

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includes morning news, nightly news, and Sunday morning political shows on ABC, CBS, and NBC, and the Sunday morning political show on Fox

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The source searched transcripts in the Nexis database for: ABC's Good Morning America, World News Tonight, and This Week BS’ Mornings, Evening News, and Face the Nation; NBC’s Today, Nightly News, and Meet the Press; Fox Broadcasting Co.’s Fox News Sunday; and PBS NewsHour for any of the terms and any derivations of the following terms: climate change, global warming, changing climate, climate warms, climate warming, warming climate, warmer climate, warming planet, warmer planet, warming globe, warmer globe,global temperatures, rising temperatures, hotter temperatures, climate science, climate scientist, Paris climate, climate accord, Paris accord, climate agreement, Paris agreement, climate deal, climate crisis, green new deal, climate conference, climate plan, COP 26, carbon emissions, greenhouse gases, or net zero.

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