How does the UK press report net zero? 500 articles were studied to find out
A glance at recent front pages of many British newspapers leaves no doubt about the stridency of their views on net zero, according to an article in The Conversation written by James Painter, Research Associate, Journalism, Reuters Institute, University of Oxford.
On January 13, for instance, the Express said the government must “Tell truth on ‘fantasy’ cost of net zero”, while the Mail’s headline on the same day used the same idea of “fantasy figures”. A few weeks later, a Telegraph headline claimed “Labour’s net zero extremism is ripping the heart out of Britain”.
But how representative are these headlines of wider coverage? To find out, colleagues and James analysed nearly 500 articles published over four months in 2023 across nine UK newspapers (both right- and left-leaning), looking at pieces where net zero appeared in the headline.
Read more in The Conversation