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As Democrats fought hard for the last few months to win support for the latest bill designed to fight global warming, many critics of the media faulted the “routine” biased coverage on Fox News as one reason why people are still unfortunately skeptical about climate change. For instance, Media Matters, a liberal media watchdog, recently reported that Sean Hannity from Fox News misused reports about record temperatures in New York City to claim that global warming is phony. This, other critics maintain, is just one of many examples of biased coverage.

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Discussion Questions:

1.  Are the reports from Fox News on global warming – at least those that are referred to above – simply representing fair and balanced perspectives on the issue, or are they obviously biased? Please justify your response.

2.  Are other more traditional networks also biased in their coverage on global warming?  If so, why do you think this is the case?  What examples might you be able to cite?

3.  Based on the example above, what are some of the obvious dangers of media bias?  What, if anything, can be done to prevent it?