You are here: Home > weather
Tag Archives | weather

Climatologists vs. meteorologists

By on March 30, 2010 in Blog, Environment

I wrote a few months ago that in the United States, TV weathermen are increasingly skeptical about climate change, while at the same time being highly trusted on the issue by the public. This is despite many TV weathermen not having a degree relating to their on-screen activities (the days of meteorologists being hired by [...]

Read full story • Comments { 0 }

Weathermen amongst most trusted authorities on climate change; many are skeptics

By on January 15, 2010 in Blog, Environment

Columbia Journalism Review reports a worrying fact: a significant number of US weathermen on TV believe climate change is a scam, and two thirds of Americans trust weathermen for information about climate change. Coleman’s crusade caught the eye of Kris Wilson, an Emory University journalism lecturer and a former TV news director and weatherman himself, [...]

Read full story • Comments { 0 }