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Reporters Aren't Drawing The Connection Between Climate Change And Wildfires
2013-07-03 21:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Popular Science: Climate change is a major contributing factor to wildfires, like the blaze in Arizona that killed 19 firefighters this week. But is that connection being made in news reports? A new Media Matters report examined how frequently recent print and TV reports from major outlets--CNN, NBC, The New York Times, Washington Post, and others--mentioned climate change when they reported on wildfires. The answer: not very frequently. Between April and July, just 4 percent of TV reports and 9 percent of print...
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