Media’s Global Warming Obsession Doesn’t Phase America

In spite of the media's near-constant nagging on global warming, only 25 percent of Americans view climate change as the world's biggest environmental threat, according to a new ABC News poll. Fewer than half - 47 percent - viewed global warming as "extremely" or "very" important to them.

Sixty-three percent said there is "a lot of disagreement among scientists" on the causes of global warming. Only 33 percent of respondents said they think "things people do" are mostly responsible for climate change, down from 41 percent in April 2007. And even with the media ignoring the debate, 62 percent of Americans realize scientists disagree on how serious a threat climate change actually poses.

The media tend to run to the government for fixes to global warming problems, but Americans seem have more faith in markets. Forty-three percent said the government would do a better job reducing warming, while 45 percent said businesses are better equipped to address the problem through market-based competition.

The poll results suggested the media have some work to do to build their own credibility. Only 38 percent of respondents said "most" of written and broadcast news is accurate.

[given that legitimate science is insultingly absent from the alarmists mantras, I'd say the media's propaganda is working all too well: the 'believers' should be in the low single digits. I.e., the battle rages - there's too much money on the line for embarrassment to push them off their course...]

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