Broadcast TV news climate change airtime U.S. 2020-2023
Data on climate change coverage on broadcast news programs in the United States revealed that in 2023, the combined number of minutes dedicated to the topic amounted to 1,032 minutes, or just over 17 hours. This marked a decrease from the 1,374 minutes (almost 23 hours) of coverage recorded in 2022. ABC, CBS, and NBC each have their own initiatives when it comes to covering climate change, and overall growth in the amount of coverage is clear compared to 2020 when coverage was largely focused on COVID-19. However, the source noted that the amount of coverage in 2021 accounted for just over one percent of all broadcast news programming that year.