Can we trust mainstream media’s climate change reporting?—Paul Chan

Different media outlets do different levels of fact checks. The ones that do thorough fact checks about their writings on climate change include the New Yorker, the Atlantic, ProPublica, the Guardian, New York Times, and Washington Post. They often publish their stories based on new findings from peer-reviewed journal articles. The New Yorker and the Atlantic are particularly well known for their thoroughness in fact checking their articles. When I read about climate change writings in these publications, I often track down and read their original sources. These media outlets usually portray climate change as it is written in peer-reviewed scientific articles, but in plain English for easy understanding. Based on my reading of these publications, I can assert that climate change is happening in ways that are portrayed by these media outlets.