News network climate reporting soared in 2017 thanks to Trump | Dana Nuccitelli

But the networks need to improve reporting on climate events unrelated to TrumpIn 2016, US TV network news coverage of climate change plummeted. News coverage was focused on the presidential election, but the corporate broadcast networks didn't air a single segment informing viewers how a win by Trump or Hillary Clinton could affect climate change or climate policy. That followed a slight drop in news coverage of climate change in 2015, despite that year being full of critical events like the Paris climate accords, Clean Power Plan, and record-breaking heat.The good news is that the annual analysis done by Media Matters for America found that in 2017, network news coverage of climate change soared. Continue reading...