Newspapers

Newspapers can be a good way of learning about climate change. They quote many facts and figures, but how reliable and accurate are they? Newspapers have a reputation for over exaggerating and glamorising stories as an attempt to sell more papers. Articles they publish about climate change are often stories to do with the worse case scenario, but make it very believable, so the audience reading it think it’s true. Here is an example of this: http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/article1805794.ece

Most newspapers just concentrate on giving the effects of climate change and don’t consider sustainable development, as proven by the above article from The Sun newspaper.
Each different newspaper has a different point of view about each story; this might be down to the individual editor or owner of the newspaper. The stories may vary from paper to paper due to there political views. For example, The Telegraph favours the Tory side of things, as 61% of Telegraph readers support the Conservative party, whereas The Guardian favours Labour. 80% of Guardian readers are Labour party voters.
So this affects what is actually written about certain climate change issues, so you can never get a true reflection on the proper facts. So in conclusion if you want a broader and well informed understanding of a certain issue/story to do with climate change, you might need to read several newspapers, watch the news on TV and read articles on the internet.