Broadcast Networks | Media Matters for America

Media Matters regularly monitors the major national broadcast networks that provide television news: ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox.

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National TV news covered Trump’s buried climate assessment with gusto. Biden’s assessment barely made the air.

11/17/23 1:10 PM EST
Moderators must highlight the importance of climate policy during upcoming Republican debate in Florida

11/07/23 8:59 AM EST
TV news networks are giving Trump a pass on his extremist statements

11/06/23 11:09 AM EST
National broadcast and cable networks are barely covering Trump’s recent gaffes and incoherent statements

10/30/23 10:40 AM EDT
National TV news coverage of this summer’s record-breaking extreme weather exposed troubling trends

09/27/23 11:18 AM EDT
Donald Trump suggested Gen. Mark Milley deserves to be executed. TV news barely covered it.

09/26/23 12:40 PM EDT
Despite clear signals that Hurricane Idalia was influenced by climate change, less than 2% of TV news coverage made the link

09/01/23 3:20 PM EDT
Media Matters’ Evlondo Cooper joins Drilled podcast to discuss national TV news’ poor coverage of climate protests

08/24/23 12:47 PM EDT
Only 4% of national TV news segments about Hurricane Hilary mentioned climate change

08/23/23 5:07 PM EDT
Only 4% of national TV news segments about the catastrophic wildfires in Hawaii mentioned climate change

08/11/23 3:40 PM EDT
National news' scant coverage of climate protests largely overlooked the scientific urgency driving controversial climate actions

08/07/23 11:28 AM EDT
Some national TV news outlets elevate climate coverage amid unprecedented extreme weather

07/31/23 11:24 AM EDT