In the Fox Special Report with Bret Baier, the broadcast network uses many sources that strengthens its credibility and appeals to the audience’s ethos, as well as build its argument that climate change is not due to human activity. Bret Baier, the Fox News Anchor, reports on the 800-page report released by the White House in regards to the growing link between climate change and human activity and how it will use it to create regulations. The broadcast network convinces its audience by guaranteeing that all of the guest speakers are conservatives with the same viewpoints. Not one speaker was of the opposing side. For example, Benjamin Zycher, an associate for American Enterprise Institute argues that Obama’s regulations will have no cost on
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Fox News in the Bret Baier transcript is fiercely dismissive of the climate consensus and argues against human activity as the root reason. They shut down the scientific facts numerous times. For example, all of the guest commentators agree that they do not believe the “97 percent of scientists who studied the issue” (9), which causes viewers to distrust scientists and their argument that global warming exists. Fox News uses the consensus to make it appear as ridicule that all 97 percent agree that climate change is real. They are using the logical fallacy of straw man to make the statistic appear exaggerated and unbelievable to show that climate change is not real. Fox News is manipulating the facts in order to shut down climate change. They claim there is no evidence in order to not have to admit their mistakes and lose credibility. Essentially, the broadcast network approaches the issue through biased opinions rather than actually broadcasting the news. This can be further be seen when Krauthammer undermines the concrete facts released by the White House by stating, “And 99 percent of physician sifts were convinced that space and time were fixed until Einstein working in a patent office wrote a paper in which he showed that they are not” (10). He uses Einstein as an example since everyone around the world recognizes him for his intelligence. …show more content…
Hannity demonstrates that he is knowledgeable in liberals attempt for years in convincing the world that global warming exists when he mentions “the 1970s, Monica Crowley, they (liberals) were saying in “TIME” magazine the next ice age is coming. So we go from ice age to global warming now to climate change” (10). By demonstrating to viewers that he is well aware of liberals recurring claim to climate change, it is showing viewers his intention is not do us harm. Fox news attempts to make the liberals claims appear as crying wolf and all over the place to show that climate change is ridiculous. Moreover, guest commentator, Bill Cunningham, a conservative commentator and lawyer, builds trust when he states, “...normal Americans know what’s going on, and I’m normal” (11). His comment is suggesting that Democrats have no interest, or love for, normal Americans. Cunningham is showing Democrats as anti-American elites, while he is looking out for their best interest. Since Americans simply want their nation to return to normalcy, they will side with Cunningham's argument. Fox supports this by including two of Republican’s most hated politicians, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama who are viewed by conservative for disrupting American normalcy through wars and economic
Fox News in the Bret Baier transcript is fiercely dismissive of the climate consensus and argues against human activity as the root reason. They shut down the scientific facts numerous times. For example, all of the guest commentators agree that they do not believe the “97 percent of scientists who studied the issue” (9), which causes viewers to distrust scientists and their argument that global warming exists. Fox News uses the consensus to make it appear as ridicule that all 97 percent agree that climate change is real. They are using the logical fallacy of straw man to make the statistic appear exaggerated and unbelievable to show that climate change is not real. Fox News is manipulating the facts in order to shut down climate change. They claim there is no evidence in order to not have to admit their mistakes and lose credibility. Essentially, the broadcast network approaches the issue through biased opinions rather than actually broadcasting the news. This can be further be seen when Krauthammer undermines the concrete facts released by the White House by stating, “And 99 percent of physician sifts were convinced that space and time were fixed until Einstein working in a patent office wrote a paper in which he showed that they are not” (10). He uses Einstein as an example since everyone around the world recognizes him for his intelligence. …show more content…
Hannity demonstrates that he is knowledgeable in liberals attempt for years in convincing the world that global warming exists when he mentions “the 1970s, Monica Crowley, they (liberals) were saying in “TIME” magazine the next ice age is coming. So we go from ice age to global warming now to climate change” (10). By demonstrating to viewers that he is well aware of liberals recurring claim to climate change, it is showing viewers his intention is not do us harm. Fox news attempts to make the liberals claims appear as crying wolf and all over the place to show that climate change is ridiculous. Moreover, guest commentator, Bill Cunningham, a conservative commentator and lawyer, builds trust when he states, “...normal Americans know what’s going on, and I’m normal” (11). His comment is suggesting that Democrats have no interest, or love for, normal Americans. Cunningham is showing Democrats as anti-American elites, while he is looking out for their best interest. Since Americans simply want their nation to return to normalcy, they will side with Cunningham's argument. Fox supports this by including two of Republican’s most hated politicians, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama who are viewed by conservative for disrupting American normalcy through wars and economic