Yerman Article

Question 1

Which U.S. TV network devotes the most time to climate reporting?

Answer 1

PBS NewsHour

Question 2

What does the article claim is the most “palatable way for the major networks to offer stories on climate change?

Answer 2

Through the softer approach of how animals, birds, and plants are affected

Question 3

What does the article say about Americans and science?

Answer 3

America is science-phobic

–Rank 28/76 in international science & math; need more science stories not less

Question 4

What does the article say about Americans and the featuring of scientists in news reporting?

Answer 4

They’re infrequently featured in news stories

Question 5

Why are Sunday news shows particularly important?

Answer 5

They have added impact – they’re driven by high profile events and quotes get picked up

Question 6

What is the point about transparency and the “fossil fuel apparatus”?

Answer 6

Transparency is elusive – esp. in editorial letter and on-air comments from think tanks funded by Koch brothers & fossil fuel companies etc.

“who is an independent player and who is part of the fossil fuel apparatus?”