This is the climate journalism of NRK –The Norwegian Broadcaster
Erik Bye October 29, 2025
Like the BBC and many other broadcasters, Norway has also decided to regulate, i.e., control, the climate debate.
The Norwegian broadcaster NRK has described how they will handle the questions of Climate Change in this way:
The NRK's climate journalism.
The Goal
The goal of NRK's climate journalism is to enable everyone in Norway to participate in climate discussions and make good choices, and in this way strengthen and develop democracy. NRK will tell world-class climate stories to the audience.
Currently
Current climate research shows that man-made climate change is taking place. NRK is fact-oriented and bases its coverage on this.
The importance
The important debates in society now revolve around how to adapt to or mitigate warming. Our coverage should primarily be about how to act, not whether to act.
False balance
Be aware of the false balance: NRK is concerned with covering all sides of an issue, but when we let those who deny climate science in, it requires that we ask the right counter-questions. If NRK often raises the debate about whether climate
change is man-made, we can give the audience the impression that scientists disagree more than they do.
Counter-questions
At the same time, we must also ask relevant counter-questions to everyone (others) who makes claims in the climate debate. There are many reasons to highlight different views in the climate debate: This could be about how fast warming is happening, for example, or about which solutions are best to reduce warming.
Unanswered questions
There are many unanswered questions here. Here too, it is important that journalists are clear about the background of the interviewee and how to challenge him or her in a good way.
As with all other topics, we must make it clear what interests the person represents.
We must also make it clear whether the person is speaking based on established science or whether science does not provide clear answers to what is being discussed.
My comment:
Was this the meaning of the sharp, critical journalism?