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Control of Consumption: Corporate Cultural Colonialism Racket (one percent of coverage). That segment did not explain that scientists have attributed this to climate change, and did not feature any scientists. MSNBC and Fox News were not included in this analysis because transcripts of their daytime coverage are not available in Nexis. [55] Jill Fitzsimmons (11 March 2013): CBS Ignores Temperatures Are Highest in 4,000 Years95, Media Matters

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[55.1] CBS News is the only major TV news network other than Fox News to ignore a new study finding that global temperatures are higher now than at any time in the past 4,000 years, further evidence of the threat of rapid manmade global warming. [56] Jill Fitzsimmons (8 January 2013): Study: Warmest Year on record received Cool Climate Coverage96; Media Matters [56.1] Media Matters analysis finds that news coverage of climate change on ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX remained low in 2012 despite record temperatures and a series of extreme weather events in the U.S. When the Sunday shows did discuss climate change, scientists were shut out of the debate while Republican politicians were given a platform to question the science.

[56.2] Even In Record-Breaking Year, Broadcast Climate Coverage Remained Minimal. In 2012, the U.S. experienced record-breaking heat, a historic drought, 95 96

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/03/11/cbs-ignores-study-finding-temperatures-are-high/193003 http://mediamatters.org/research/2013/01/08/study-warmest-year-on-record-received-cool-clim/192079

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