George Chidi — Conservative media’s attacks on climate science effectively erode viewers’ belief in scientists

You knew this already, but here is the science. Of course, this won't affect the Fox News audience, which doen't believe in science.

When conservatives come away from Fox News feeling ever more certain that climate change is a hoax, it may have something to do with an overall attack on scientists as authorities to be trusted.

So argues a paper published in the August issue of peer-reviewed journal Public Understanding of Science, which connects the conservative disbelief in man-made climate change to a media-driven effort by conservatives to foment broad distrust of scientists.

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Conservative media’s attacks on climate science effectively erode viewers’ belief in scientists
George Chidi