标题：‘Ye Olde Hot Aire’Headline from a Daily Mail article analyzed during this study, which claimed to ‘debunk
the myth of global warming’ (Hanlon 2003 Ye olde hot aire Daily Mail London (8 April)
p 17).: reporting on human contributions to climate change in the UK
tabloid press
摘要：This letter explores daily print media coverage of climate change in four United Kingdom
(UK) tabloid newspapers: The Sun (and News of the World), Daily Mail (and Mail on
Sunday), the Daily Express (and Sunday Express), and the Mirror (and Sunday Mirror).
Through examinations of content in articles over the last seven years (2000–2006),
triangulated with semi-structured interviews of journalists and editors, the study finds that
UK tabloid coverage significantly diverged from the scientific consensus that humans
contribute to climate change. Moreover, there was no consistent increase in the percentage
of accurate coverage throughout the period of analysis and across all tabloid
newspapers, and these findings are not consistent with recent trends documented
in United States and UK 'prestige press' or broadsheet newspaper reporting.
Findings from interviews indicate that inaccurate reporting may be linked to the lack
of specialist journalists in the tabloid press. This study therefore contributes
to wider discussions of socio-economic inequality, media and the environment.
Looking to newspapers that are consumed by typically working class readership, this
article contributes to ongoing investigations related to what media representations
mean for ongoing science–policy interactions as well as potentialities for public
engagement.
