Fox News' inner struggle with climate misinformation
by Dana Nuccitelli from on (#HKZG)
Fox anchor Shep Smith calls out the same science misinformation tactics used by his own network
Research has shown that Fox News is a major driving force behind climate denial, decreasing viewer trust in scientists and the existence of global warming. In 2013, only 28% of Fox News' climate science segments were accurate, although that was an improvement over its 7% accuracy in 2012.
Fox News anchor Shepard Smith has been one of the few voices on the network willing to accept the scientific reality of human-caused climate change. On the August 10 edition of Fox News' Shepard Smith Reporting, Smith reported on biased industry-funded science by Coca Cola, and made the connection to fossil fuel-funded climate denial studies.
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