Furthermore, ethos is used by CNN and Fox News, to establish credibility behind their statements and to increase the trust of the audience. These news networks can increase their credibility by bringing in masters of their fields to interview. Climate scientists or climatologists are mainly used to establish credibility on the debate of man-made Global Warming. Citizens trust scientists, since they are professionals and know more about the climate than the average person. CNN anchor, Bill Press, creates his credibility when he states that “2,600 of the world’s leading scientists warn us that because of human activity this planet’s in danger” (“Our Changing Climate”). This statement is used to support his claim that humanity has the responsibility
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Fox News establishes their credibility by referencing to experts’ opinions, like climate scientists. For example, Doug McKelway, a Fox correspondent on The Special Report, uses the “NASA scientist turned climate activist James Hanson,” to show he “also acknowledges the lull” in the planet’s temperature rising (“Climate Change Challenged”). By using this prominent and credible climatologist, Fox News gains the public’s trust and faith in their climate change opinions. James Hanson proves that Global Warming was exaggerated, once he identifies that temperatures have flat lined and have only increased a few tenths of a degree in the past decade. Dr. Robert Carter, a marine geologist, agrees with Hanson and believes that this lull in the past decade proves that climate change is natural and not caused by humans (“House Environmental Committee”). This temperature respite shows that temperature has no correlation to the increase in carbon dioxide amounts in the atmosphere. These climate scientists use recent data collected to prove that climate change is a natural process of the Earth. Ethos is used by Fox News effectively to increase the support of Global Warming being a hoax and that the Earth just naturally goes through climate
Fox News establishes their credibility by referencing to experts’ opinions, like climate scientists. For example, Doug McKelway, a Fox correspondent on The Special Report, uses the “NASA scientist turned climate activist James Hanson,” to show he “also acknowledges the lull” in the planet’s temperature rising (“Climate Change Challenged”). By using this prominent and credible climatologist, Fox News gains the public’s trust and faith in their climate change opinions. James Hanson proves that Global Warming was exaggerated, once he identifies that temperatures have flat lined and have only increased a few tenths of a degree in the past decade. Dr. Robert Carter, a marine geologist, agrees with Hanson and believes that this lull in the past decade proves that climate change is natural and not caused by humans (“House Environmental Committee”). This temperature respite shows that temperature has no correlation to the increase in carbon dioxide amounts in the atmosphere. These climate scientists use recent data collected to prove that climate change is a natural process of the Earth. Ethos is used by Fox News effectively to increase the support of Global Warming being a hoax and that the Earth just naturally goes through climate