Democracy Now! report:
A new study by the League of Conservation Voters found that the five major Sunday morning political shows asked the presidential candidates well over 2,000 questions in 2007. Just three of the questions mentioned global warming.
... the five major Sunday morning political shows asked the presidential candidates [2,275] questions in 2007. Just three of the questions mentioned global warming. Another twenty-two questions were related to global warming. ...
According to the League of Conservation Voters, Tim Russert of NBC’s Meet the Press asked 755 questions to the candidates without mentioning global warming. George Stephanopoulos of ABC’s This Week didn’t mention those two words in any of his 726 questions to the candidates. Neither did Bob Schieffer of CBS’s Face the Nation.
According to the League of Conservation Voters, Wolf Blitzer of CNN and Chris Wallace of Fox News Sunday were alone in mentioning global warming. Blitzer mentioned it once, Wallace twice.
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/1/10/study_of_over_2_000_sunday
Take a minute to read that again. Of every channel in the survey, Fox News’s record is the best. Fox News.
Have things improved since? Er, no. Says Gene Karpinski, President of the League of Conservation Voters:
And again, that was about a month ago. We’re now over almost 2,700 questions with unfortunately the same result, which is only three questions mention global warming, and twenty-four are global warming-related.
You can get a representative breakdown of these figures on this page. The League are also fielding a petition urging reporters to clean up their act. Sign it here.
Plus - here’s the League’s very own video. Enjoy:
