Fingers are often pointed directly at the news media for their powerful influence and ineffective reporting of climate change. But is that the best place to point? And are there more effective ways to conceptualize the power of the media and to consider whom they serve?
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Corbett, J. Media power and climate change. Nature Clim Change 5, 288–290 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2592
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