WASHINGTON (December 15, 2010) – Media Matters today released an email from Fox News Washington Managing Editor Bill Sammon in which he urged news staff to highlight criticisms of climate science whenever they mention the fact that the Earth is warming.
The email was not surprising to the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), which tracks climate misinformation on Fox News and other media outlets, but it is nonetheless revealing. While UCS has had productive interactions with a number of Fox News staff members, the network’s coverage regularly gives unwarranted weight to anti-scientific claims regarding climate change. The Rest of the Story..
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December 15, 2010
Leaked Fox News Memo Reveals Network’s Anti-Science Bias
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More in jest...
ReplyDeleteStudy confirms FOX News makes you more stupid
http://www.alternet.org/story/149193/study_confirms_that_fox_news_makes_you_stupid
Not so much in jest as right on the money. Nice link with several excellent citations.
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