CBS aired the highest number of minutes of climate change coverage in 2021, with a total of 569 minutes (almost nine and a half hours) across its morning news, evening news, and Sunday political shows, up from 125 minutes in the previous year. Figures for 2015 to 2019 do not include morning shows for ABC, NBC, or CBS, but show an overall increase in coverage between those years. Fox News Sunday aired 40 minutes of coverage in 2021, the highest since 2017.
Number of minutes of climate change coverage by major broadcast news channels in the United States from 2015 to 2021
*Includes morning news as well as nightly news, and Sunday morning political shows on ABC, CBS, and NBC, and the Sunday morning political show on Fox. Figures for years prior to 2020 do not include morning news or Sunday morning political shows on ABC, CBS, and NBC and therefore are not directly comparable.
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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Media Matters for America. (March 24, 2022). Number of minutes of climate change coverage by major broadcast news channels in the United States from 2015 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 26, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/523904/broadcast-news-coverage-of-climate-change-in-the-us/
Media Matters for America. "Number of minutes of climate change coverage by major broadcast news channels in the United States from 2015 to 2021." Chart. March 24, 2022. Statista. Accessed September 26, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/523904/broadcast-news-coverage-of-climate-change-in-the-us/
Media Matters for America. (2022). Number of minutes of climate change coverage by major broadcast news channels in the United States from 2015 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 26, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/523904/broadcast-news-coverage-of-climate-change-in-the-us/
Media Matters for America. "Number of Minutes of Climate Change Coverage by Major Broadcast News Channels in The United States from 2015 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/523904/broadcast-news-coverage-of-climate-change-in-the-us/
Media Matters for America, Number of minutes of climate change coverage by major broadcast news channels in the United States from 2015 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/523904/broadcast-news-coverage-of-climate-change-in-the-us/ (last visited September 26, 2022)
