Fox Snooze: Global Warming Name Game Debunked By Media Matters (Again)

onApr 27, 2013 @ 07:00 PDT

Media Matters put out a video this past week with clips of all the recent FOX News mentions of a global warming name conspiracy. The Fox ‘conspiracy’ is that ‘liberals’ stopped calling it global warming and started calling it climate change. Little did they realize, apparently, that the man responsible for the partisan polarization over the terminology of climate change vs. global warming is none other than FOX News contributor Frank Luntz. Watch:

As Media Matters points out:
Scientists use “global warming” when speaking about the increase in average global surface temperatures. They use “climate change” to refer to all the other disruptions that greenhouse gas emissions are causing – from rising sea levels, to abruptly changing precipitation patterns that increase the likelihood of droughtsand wildfires in certain areas and extreme flooding in others, to acidifying oceans that disturb the marine food web.

If you’re still confused, head over to Joe Romm’s post, Debunking The Dumbest Denier Myth (Again): ‘Climate Change’ Vs. ‘Global Warming’

By Brendan DeMelle

Brendan is Executive Director of DeSmog. He is also a freelance writer and researcher specializing in media, politics, climate change and energy. His work has appeared in Vanity Fair, The Huffington Post, Grist, The Washington Times and other outlets.

Pennsylvania Town Votes Buzzer-Beater ‘No’ on Data Center Mega-Project

ByEdward Donnelly

onMar 31, 2026 @ 08:36 PDT

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