Bias vs. bias : how Fox News anchors discussed Pope Francis’ stance on climate change
When Pope Francis, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, released his encyclical on climate change in June 2015, the Fox News Channel, the most watched cable news network in the United States, faced a dilemma. Some of its news anchors and regular commentators are Catholics, and therefore have a p...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-1392542020-05-18T06:59:26Z Bias vs. bias : how Fox News anchors discussed Pope Francis’ stance on climate change Tandoc, Edson C., Jr. Takahashi, Bruno Thomas, Ryan J. Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information Social sciences::Communication Climate Change Cognitive Dissonance When Pope Francis, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, released his encyclical on climate change in June 2015, the Fox News Channel, the most watched cable news network in the United States, faced a dilemma. Some of its news anchors and regular commentators are Catholics, and therefore have a positive bias for the Pope. But the network is also known for its bias against man-made climate change. Guided by cognitive dissonance theory, this study analyzed how Fox News’ anchors and commentators discussed Pope Francis’ stance on climate change. The analysis found a clear ambivalence in their discourse and identified four discursive strategies that they used to navigate discursive dissonance. 2020-05-18T06:59:26Z 2020-05-18T06:59:26Z 2017 Journal Article Tandoc, E. C., Jr., Takahashi, B., & Thomas, R. J. (2018). Bias vs. bias : how Fox News anchors discussed Pope Francis’ stance on climate change. Journalism Practice, 12(7), 834-849. doi:10.1080/17512786.2017.1343095 1751-2786 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/139254 10.1080/17512786.2017.1343095 2-s2.0-85023743758 7 12 834 849 en Journalism Practice © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. All rights reserved. |
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When Pope Francis, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, released his encyclical on climate change in June 2015, the Fox News Channel, the most watched cable news network in the United States, faced a dilemma. Some of its news anchors and regular commentators are Catholics, and therefore have a positive bias for the Pope. But the network is also known for its bias against man-made climate change. Guided by cognitive dissonance theory, this study analyzed how Fox News’ anchors and commentators discussed Pope Francis’ stance on climate change. The analysis found a clear ambivalence in their discourse and identified four discursive strategies that they used to navigate discursive dissonance. |
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