Lisa Hymas
Media Matters
Washington, DC, United States
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Moderators should make climate change a big focus at the first primary debate. Here's how.
Do’s and don’ts for the moderators of the upcoming Democratic presidential debate in Florida → Read More
ABC News spent more time on royal baby in one week than on climate crisis in one year
Archie is seventh in line to the throne but first in headlines → Read More
The royal baby is cute and all, but hello, the planet is on fire
ABC News gave more time to baby Archie in one week than to climate crisis in one year → Read More
The Green New Deal is pushing climate change into the mainstream media
But Fox News is distorting the national dialogue just as it's getting going. → Read More
How broadcast TV networks covered climate change in 2018
For this study, Media Matters examined 2018 news coverage of climate change on broadcast TV networks, counting and analyzing segments devoted to climate change and segme → Read More
Sunday show coverage of climate change in 2018 was a disaster
Less than 6 percent of episodes on the major Sunday shows discussed global warming, and some of them included climate deniers → Read More
Climate what? Media kept on chasing Trump, not climate change, in 2018
The climate has changed, but mainstream media coverage has not. → Read More
The good, the bad, and the ridiculous: How media covered the National Climate Assessment
The media is still talking about the National Climate Assessment, and for that we can thank the deniers → Read More
Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke didn’t debate climate change. Will it come up next time?
Of 12 debates in high-profile races this election season, only one included a question about climate change so far. → Read More
USA Today publishes still more climate misinformation, denying a link between climate change and hurricanes
The paper ran two pieces by climate deniers in two days, despite a previous pledge not to publish climate denial → Read More
Coal ash and hog manure could flood vulnerable communities in Hurricane Florence’s path
Spills from coal ash pits and hog-manure ponds in North Carolina would hurt low-income people of color. → Read More
Facebook has a climate-denial problem
Facebook, well-known as a breeding ground for misinformation, has a particular problem with disseminating false and misleading messages about climate change science. The → Read More
The EPA is no longer run by an absurd buffoon. So how should journalists cover Andrew Wheeler?
Journalists helped bring down Scott Pruitt. But they’ve gone too easy on his successor. → Read More
Media failed on climate and extreme weather coverage last year. Will they do better in 2018?
A version of this post was originally published on Grist. Everyone knows that the U.S. got gobsmacked by hurricanes last year. But if you rely on mainstream media for your news, you might not know that climate change had anything to do with it. In 2017, the major broadcast TV news programs mentioned climate change only two times total during their coverage of the record-breaking hurricanes that… → Read More
Media fails on climate and extreme weather coverage, except for this guy
Unless you watch Al Roker, you might not know that climate change has any connection to extreme weather. → Read More
Six tricks Scott Pruitt uses to manipulate the media
Pruitt has lost control of the media narrative in the past week, as numerous outlets have reported on his snowballing ethics scandals. But if he keeps his job — there are reports that President Trump still has his back — you can expect him to double down on his media machinations. → Read More
6 tricks Scott Pruitt uses to manipulate the media
The EPA chief keeps manipulating the press, but he's losing control of the media narrative. → Read More
How the mainstream media got played by Trump
The media spends too much time on Trump's nonsensical climate views and not enough on real climate change news. → Read More
2017 was a terrible year of climate disasters
From hurricanes to heat waves to wildfires and beyond, 2017 has been a terrifying year of disasters in the U.S. And too many media outlets have missed a key part of the sto → Read More
Here’s what you need to know about Trump’s latest environmental evildoing
In a single day, the president did more climate damage than during his previous 67 days in office. That’s no small achievement. → Read More