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see stanley =<div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></div><div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">an 5 22</div><div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who is seeking a second term this November as a springboard to run for president in 2024, is backed financially by some of the wealthiest private donors in the United States.According to an analysis published by correspondent Zac Anderson in Wednesday's <a href="https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/05/25/ron-desantis-campaign-billionaire-supporters-florida-governor-election/9707459002/" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">Herald Tribune</a><a href="https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/05/25/ron-desantis-campaign-billionaire-supporters-florida-governor-election/9707459002/" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">, "dozens of billionaires and billionaire family members with a net worth of $275 billion have donated to DeSantis’ reelection effort, a level of billionaire support one expert called 'extraordinary.'"
</a>Anderson revealed that 42 individuals with net worths of 10-plus digits – or three commas – have invested at least $12.45 million of their cash in DeSantis, who has championed extreme right-wing policies in the Sunshine State and seeks to take his crusade nationwide.The figures are staggering, per Anderson's reporting:<blockquote style="margin: 1em 40px 1em -5px; border-left: 4px solid rgb(11, 13, 101); line-height: 32px; padding: 10px 20px 10px 24px; width: 602.546px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Total billionaire donors: At least 42
Total contributions from billionaires: At least $12.5 million
State with most DeSantis billionaire contributions: Florida at 12, followed by New York with six, and Texas with five
Billionaire donor with highest net worth: Julia Koch and family at $62.2 billion
Billionaire donor who gave the most: Ken Griffin at $5 million
Billionaire donor who gave the least: Stanley Hubbard at $10,000
Number of billionaires who have given DeSantis at least six figures: 25
Number of states with billionaire DeSantis donors: 15
</blockquote>Other notable names pumping DeSantis full of campaign sugar include:<ul class="ee-ul" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; display: inline-block; width: 589.456px;"><li>Publix supermarket heiress and financier of the January 6th, 2021 Capitol insurrection Julie Jenkins Fancelli (family net worth $8.8 billion</li><li>
</li><li>Former President Donald Trump's Secretary of Education and Amway heiress Betsy DeVos as well as three of her kin (family net worth $5.4 billion)</li><li>
</li><li>Ex-San Francisco 49ers owner, real estate mogul, and Trump-pardoned Louisiana gambling bribe recipient Edward DeBartolo Jr. (family net worth $2.5 billion).</li></ul><a href="https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/05/25/ron-desantis-campaign-billionaire-supporters-florida-governor-election/9707459002/" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">The story continues here</a> (subscription required).</div><div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">=</div>=not just 80-90's still goes on:<a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2018/12/company-that-owns-your-local-news-might-also-influence-federal-politics/">https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2018/12/company-that-owns-your-local-news-might-also-influence-federal-politics/</a>Dec. 3, it was announced that Tribune Media would be acquired by Nexstar Media Group for over $4 billion. The resulting company will own over 200 television stations, giving it incredible access to American homes across the country through their local news programming.Although less overtly political than their cousins on cable, local news stations have come under increased scrutiny after the <a href="https://theconcourse.deadspin.com/how-americas-largest-local-tv-owner-turned-its-news-anc-1824233490" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">viral controversy</a> aroused in early 2018 by a “must-run” segment on stations owned by Sinclair Media. In the segment, news anchors read from a script decrying “biased and false news” on social media and other news outlets. The script was passed down from Sinclair’s corporate office in Maryland.“Unfortunately, some members of the media use their platforms to push their own personal bias and agenda to control ‘exactly what people think’” said the script. “This is extremely dangerous to a democracy.”Many Americans rely on stations owned by companies like <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000029062&cycle=2016" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Sinclair,</a> <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000030533" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Tribune Media</a> and <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00567388&cycle=2018" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Nexstar Media Group</a> to stay informed on local politics. But, aside from their reporting, these organizations dabble directly in politics and elections more than one might expect.<a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?cycle=2014&strID=C00567388" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Nexstar Media Group’s PAC</a>, for instance, has steadily ramped up its spending on political causes from 2014, with $27,100 spent that year, $95,700 spent in 2016 and $196,500 in 2018. The PAC favors Republicans, but only slightly. (They gave $5,000 to Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) in the 2018 cycle, but also gave $2,500 to <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary/tammy-baldwin?cid=N00004367" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Tammy Baldwin</a> (D-Wis.))The PAC <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/expenditures.php?cycle=2018&cmte=C00567388" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">gave</a> $10,000 to <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00033085" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Sen. Ted Cruz</a> (R-Texas) and the same amount to committees associated with Senate Majority Leader <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary/mitch-mcconnell?cid=N00003389" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Mitch McConnell</a> (R-K.Y.) and House Majority Leader <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary/kevin-mccarthy?cid=N00028152" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Kevin McCarthy</a> (R-Calif.) in 2018. They also gave $5,000 to <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary/nancy-pelosi?cid=N00007360" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Rep. Nancy Pelosi</a> (D-Calif.) and <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00007364" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Sen. Dianne Feinstein</a> (D-Calif.).As the PAC distributed its funds, stations owned by Nexstar were covering politics and political races across the country. <a href="https://www.wate.com/news/facebook-apologizes-for-rejecting-pro-blackburn-ad-calls-it-a-mistake-/1568639844" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">One segment</a>, run by Nexstar-owned <a href="https://www.wate.com/" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">WATE</a> in Knoxville, Tennessee, focused on an anti-Phil Bredesen ad that was “censored” by Facebook. (Bredeson was Blackburn’s opponent in the 2018 Tennessee Senate race.) A Memphis station owned by Nexstar also ran a version of this story. <a href="https://www.wate.com/news/tennessee/protesters-forcibly-removed-from-blackburn-campaign-event/1559602616" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Another</a> WATE story featured anti-Blackburn protestors demonstrating during a moment of silence for the Pittsburgh Synagogue shooting victims at a campaign event.<a href="https://www.ktsm.com/" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">KTSM</a>, an El Paso, Texas station owned by Nexstar, re-ran an <a href="https://www.ktsm.com/news/your-local-election-hq/hispanic-identity-is-already-shaping-the-race-between-ted-cruz-and-beto-orourke/1208138949" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">article</a> from the Texas Tribune exploring the effect of “Hispanic identity” on the Senatorial race that pitted Beto O’Rourke against Cruz. El Paso is O’Rourke’s hometown.A July <a href="https://www.centexproud.com/news/local/senator-ted-cruz-visits-waco-1/1281895799" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">segment </a>in <a href="https://www.centexproud.com/" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Centex Proud</a>, a Fox-affiliated, Nexstar owned, Waco-area station, covered a Cruz event saying “(Cruz) is excited to see the current economy and business boom – with the lowest unemployment rate for Hispanics and African-Americans in a decade. He says Texas is prospering because of this, and now says it’s time to complete the jobs underway.”<a href="https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Yourcentralvalley.com</a>, a Nexstar site affiliated with NBC covering Fresno, California, ran a <a href="https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/politics/gops-mccarthy-slams-california-democrats-faces-heckling/1373809428" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">story </a>about Kevin McCarthy’s claims that California Democrats had fallen out of touch with voters. In addition to its station in Fresno, Nexstar owns a station in Bakersfield. Fresno and Bakersfield are a stone’s throw from the 23rd congressional district where McCarthy has his seat.They also own a station in San Francisco where Nancy Pelosi is the congressperson for the 12th district and where Dianne Feinstein was mayor in the 80s. The San Francisco station, <a href="https://www.kron4.com/" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">KRON4</a>, has run stories on both Pelosi and Feinstein. Pelosi even gave the station an <a href="https://www.kron4.com/news/kron4s-exclusive-interview-with-nancy-pelosi/944929309" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">exclusive interview</a>.Perry Sook, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/companyProfile/NXST.O" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Nexstar’s CEO</a>, gave $5,000 to the company’s PAC in the 2014, 2016 and 2018 election cycles. Thomas Carter, the CFO, did the same. So did Timothy Busch, the president of the company’s broadcasting subsidy.The Chief Technology Officer, Brett Jenkins, gave $5,000 to the PAC, but only in 2018. Gregory Raifman, president of Nexstar Digital, gave $2,500 that year. Executive Vice President Elizabeth Ryder gave $2,500 in 2014 and 2016, then beefed up her contribution to $5,000 in 2018.The company also spent <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientlbs.php?id=D000068622&year=2018" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">$390,000</a> lobbying during this period and employed a former chief counsel to <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary/john-cornyn?cid=N00024852" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Sen. John Cornyn</a> (R-Texas) and a former deputy staff director for <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary/charles-schumer?cid=N00001093" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Sen. Chuck Schumer</a> (D-N.Y.) as lobbyists.After its merger with Tribune, Nexstar will be the <a href="https://www.broadcastingcable.com/blog/nexstar-tribune-merger-d%C3%A9j%C3%A0-vu-all-over-again" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">largest</a> owner of local broadcast stations in the U.S. Nexstar and the Illinois-based media company already have political activism in common.<a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000030533&cycle=2018" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Political spending at Tribune</a> peaked around 2000 when they gave $123,280, the majority of that to Republicans. Their political giving has since plummeted to $13,034 by 2018, all but $500 of which went to Democrats.In 2008, Tribune gave $11,450 to then-Senator Barack Obama. (Compare that to Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign when they gave him just $1,475.)  Using the Wayback Machine to return to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081018043004/https://wgntv.com/" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">October 2008</a>, one can see Tribune’s official endorsement of Obama for president on the <a href="https://wgntv.com/" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">WGN-TV</a> website. The same banner rotates between the endorsement of Obama, a banner advertising Decision 2008 coverage and links to other stories.Tribune has another connection to Obama in <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/rev_summary.php?id=71255" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Edward Lazarus</a>, Tribune’s Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer. Lazarus is a former chief of staff to the chairman of the FCC. The FCC Chairman Lazarus served under, <a href="https://www.fcc.gov/general/biography-former-fcc-chairman-julius-genachowski" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Julius Genachowski</a>, was nominated to the position by Obama in March 2009.By the 2016 cycle, Tribune was throwing $4,963 behind Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid. Another $2,000 went to <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00009869&cycle=Career" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Sen. Orrin Hatch</a> (R-Utah) and $1000 went to <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00036915" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Sen. Kamala Harris</a> (D-Calif.).Between the 2002 and 2018 cycles, Tribune gave generously to Michigan Republican <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00004133" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Rep. Fred Upton</a>, climbing from $1,000 in 2002, to $4,000 in 2008, then spiked again to $5,500 in 2012. Upton represents Michigan’s sixth congressional district in the Southeast of the state. WGN-TV quoted Upton’s criticisms of the <a href="https://wgntv.com/2013/10/30/sebelius-apologizes-as-affordabl-care-site-goes-down-again/" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Affordable Care Act </a>and <a href="https://wgntv.com/2013/12/01/deadline-day-obama-administration-on-track-for-website-goal-agency-says/" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">its rollout</a> in 2013.Before Nexstar sealed the deal to acquire Tribune, Sinclair tried to make the same purchase. Their attempt was scuttled by regulators, but Sinclair already owns a huge swath of local television stations, <a href="http://sbgi.net/" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">191</a> by their count.After flirting with bankruptcy in 2009, Sinclair was saved in part thanks to Citizens United and the ensuing influx of political ad spending. Their giving has increased dramatically since 2010 when they contributed just $8,100 to political causes. In 2014, they contributed $263,587 and in 2016 they contributed $429,504 before dipping back down to $186,648 in 2018. In each of those cycles since 2010, they gave at least two-thirds of the money to Republicans.Sinclair is based out of Maryland and owns twelve Baltimore-area television stations. They have given generously to Maryland politicians over the years, including <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00029147" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Rep. Andy Harris</a>, <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00001945" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Sen. Barbara Mikulski</a>and <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary?cycle=2012&id=MD02" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Nancy Jacobs</a>, a Republican state Senator who lost a <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary?cycle=2012&id=MD02" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">race</a> for Maryland’s second congressional district in 2012.In 2014, Sinclair gave Mikulski $25,000. They gave another $17,600 to John Boehner and $7,900 to Paul Ryan.In a 2015 <a href="https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/sen-barbara-mikulski-to-receive-medal-of-freedom-nations-highest-civilian-honor" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">article </a>on the announcement that then-Senator Mikulski would receive the presidential medal of freedom, the <a href="https://foxbaltimore.com/" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Fox45</a> site included a transcript of Mikulski’s full reaction from the floor of the Senate. Mikulski also gave the Fox station an <a href="https://foxbaltimore.com/news/connect-to-congress/sen-mikulski-to-be-honored-with-presidential-medal-of-freedom-award" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">interview</a> on receiving the medal.South Dakota Senator John Thune received the biggest haul from Sinclair in 2016 (over $30,000). Democratic Senator <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00013820" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Chris Van Hollen</a> (Md.) meanwhile received $9,100.Van Hollen gave Fox45 (the first ever Sinclair station) an <a href="https://foxbaltimore.com/news/your-voice-your-future/fox45-exclusive-interview-chris-van-hollen" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">exclusive interview</a> on gun control and government spending during the same election cycle. In the days before the 2016 election, Van Hollen appeared on a Fox 45 news segment called “Your Voice” where he talked about the ease of early voting and pitched his plans to accelerate job growth in Maryland.“Good luck on Tuesday!” the host said as he concluded <a href="https://foxbaltimore.com/news/your-voice-your-future/your-voice-chris-van-hollen" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">the interview</a>.“Thanks,” Van Hollen said. “Everyone get out to vote!”Van Hollen appeared on <a href="https://foxbaltimore.com/news/your-voice-your-future/your-voice-senator-chris-van-hollen" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">another</a> Your Voice segment in April 2018. Later that summer, Fox45 covered Van Hollen’s visit to a Texas border patrol processing center.Sinclair’s top three recipients for 2018 were Republican Senators <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00003280" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Roger Wicker</a> (R-Miss.), <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00033443" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Deb Fischer</a>(R-Neb.) and <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00005282" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Jerry Moran</a> (R-Kan.), all of whom received $15,000 or more. They also gave $5,700 to <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00040733" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Rep. Greg Gianforte</a>, who became well known nationally after physically <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/happened-republican-greg-gianforte-body-slammed-reporter/story?id=58610691" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">assaulting</a> a reporter. Blackburn got $5,700 and Arizona Senate candidate Joe Arpaio got $2,000. Both <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/10/02/trump_boosts_blackburn_in_tn_predicts_havoc_if_dems_take_congress_138228.html" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Blackburn</a> and <a href="https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-updates-trump-tweets-joe-arpaio-pardon-htmlstory.html" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Arpaio</a>have received lavish praise from President Trump.Sinclair’s name recognition <a href="https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=sinclair&geo=US" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">spiked</a> after a Deadspin compilation synchronizing the “biased news” must-run segment went viral, but Sinclair has been distributing corporate speech through local news stations <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/19/sinclair.kerry/" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">for years</a>. Segments like “News Central” and the “Terrorism Alert Desk” have been aired as must-runs at Sinclair-owned stations. Boris Epshteyn, a former Trump staffer, has a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyHHqvZjkbg" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">recurring editorial segment</a>. Sinclair was even accused of trying to influence the 2004 election by airing a documentary (<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427901/" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal</a>) that accused John Kerry of fabricating parts of his military service.<a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/10/ready-for-trump-tv-inside-sinclair-broadcastings-plot-to-take-over-your-local-news-1/" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">In the 2000s</a>, Sinclair had a similar a must-run segment called The Point, hosted by a Sinclair lobbyist and ex-Navy intelligence officer. The host would criticize other media outlets for their coverage of then-President Bush, once going so far as to say that “terrorist leaders would dearly love to see President Bush replaced with Senator (John) Kerry.”Sinclair-affiliated PACs and individuals supported Donald Trump for president in 2016 with $3,804. According to the Washington Post, Sinclair stations ran fifteen exclusive interviews with Trump and did none with Hillary Clinton.Perhaps the most explicitly pro-Trump company in local television is Minnesota-based <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000034569" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Hubbard Broadcasting</a>. Hubbard’s CEO, Stanley Hubbard, is on the advisory board for a <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00608489" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">pro-Trump Super PAC</a>.“We ended up with one guy standing. His name is Trump. And I’m a team player,” said Hubbard, who was initially skeptical of the President, in an interview with NPR. “Our country is very important. We got to get rid of all these regulations, give the little guy a chance to get ahead and stop all this government interference in our lives.”Hubbard Broadcasting gave $350,000 to Freedom Partners Action Fund, a <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2018/11/2017-financials-of-the-kochs-dark-money-network/" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Koch-network</a> Super PAC, in the 2016 election cycle. Of that sum, $200,000 came from the company itself, $150,000 from individuals within the company. In 2014, the Hubbard Broadcasting gave the Super PAC $450,000, $300,000 from the company and $150,000 from individuals.Hubbard Broadcasting’s political contributions peaked in 2016 when they gave over $1 million to Republicans. That year they gave $18,500 to <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00035440" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Rep. Tom Emmer</a> (R-Minn.) and $16,300 to Ted Cruz.In 2018, their top four recipients were all Minnesota politicians: Republican Senate candidate Karin Housley, <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00029391" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Rep. Erik Paulsen</a>, Emmer and <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00038400" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Rep. Jason Lewis</a>. Each of the candidates received tens of thousands from Hubbard.<a href="https://kstp.com/" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">ABC 5</a>, a Hubbard-owned station, <a href="https://kstp.com/politics/karin-housley-minnesota-senate-race-michelle-obama-posture-chimp-2009-/5108887/" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">reported on</a> 2009 Facebook comments made by Housley in which she likened Michelle Obama to a chimpanzee. The article includes a quote from a political scientist who says, though the statement is distasteful, they “don’t think it shows she’s a virulent racist…”On the other hand, ABC 5 gave a “D-” to an ad run by Paulsen that attempted to tie his opponent to a sexual assault. The grade was part of a segment called “Truth Test” in which political ads are rated on their factual accuracy.Hubbard Broadcasting <a href="https://corporate.hubbardradio.com/markets/minneapolis-st-paul/kstp-1500-am/" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">owns</a> the radio station that <a href="https://www.revolvy.com/page/The-Jason-Lewis-Show" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">ran</a> the Jason Lewis Show before Lewis became a congressman. Lewis infamously used the platform to vent his frustrations with modern gender politics.“It used to be that women were held to a little bit of a higher standard,” Lewis said on the show <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/07/politics/michigan-second-district-jason-lewis-called-women-sluts/index.html" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">according to</a> CNN. “We required modesty from women. Now, are we beyond those days where a woman can behave as a slut, but you can’t call her a slut?”Both Lewis and Paulsen lost their seats in 2018.Since Americans have a <a href="https://www.poynter.org/ethics-trust/2018/finally-some-good-news-trust-in-news-is-up-especially-for-local-media/" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1e+06px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">significantly</a> greater level of trust in their local news stations than they do in national news outlets or in web-only publications, this level of political activity from media companies is especially significant.In most cases, it is difficult to say whether these companies’ political activities cross-pollinate with their journalism and business dealings, but future controversies akin to the Sinclair must-run scandal could continue to increase the visibility of the companies behind these local stations and erode Americans’ faith in yet another source of news.Note: Due to errors with CRP data obtained from the FEC that triple-counted contributions, it was originally reported that Sen. Chris Van Hollen received $28,000 from Sinclair affiliates and its PAC. That number has been corrected to $9,100. stanley
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<h1 property="dc:title" datatype="" class="node-title">Why Is A Mainstream News Company Sponsoring Climate Denial?</h1>

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A news organization that runs several ABC and NBC affiliates nationwide is co-sponsoring a Heartland Institute conference promoting climate denial, in line with its chief executive's views, which have seeped into the stations' reporting.

In July, the Heartland Institute will host its annual conference railing against the scientific consensus that humans are the main cause of climate change. The conference was <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/05/23/489452/lack-of-funding-forces-heartland-to-end-climate-denial-conference/" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">nearly ended</a> [3] in 2012, after <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/may/24/heartland-institute-billboard-controversy" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">funders fled</a> [4]the organization for running a short-lived billboard campaign comparing those that accept climate change to the Unabomber. The <a href="http://climateconference.heartland.org/cosponsors-2/" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">co-sponsors</a> [5] of the 2014 conference, who <a href="http://climateconference.heartland.org/cosponsor/" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">pay</a> [6] anywhere from $150 to $10,000 and are asked to "[w]rite at least one story" before and after the event,* are mostly right-wing groups such as the Heritage Foundation, the Media Research Center, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, and the Leadership Institute. However, one group stands out: Hubbard Broadcasting Inc., an American <a href="http://kstp.com/article/stories/s133.shtml" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">television</a> [7] and <a href="http://corporate.hubbardradio.com/markets/" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">radio</a> [8] corporation that owns several ABC and NBC affiliates across the country.

Hubbard Broadcasting is run by billionaire <a href="http://www.forbes.com/profile/stanley-hubbard/" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Stanley Hubbard</a> [9], who, according to <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/forecasting-denial-why-are-tv-weathercasters-ignoring-climate-change-20121205" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Rolling Stone</a> [10], has said that global warming is "the biggest fraud in the history of America." Hubbard has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to political candidates (most of whom are Republicans) both individually and through his <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000034569" style=" font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">corporation</a> [11]. He <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/61504.html" style=" font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">supported</a> [12] former Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), who <a href="https://www.skepticalscience.com/skepticquotes.php?s=38" style=" font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">denies man-made climate change</a> [13], in the 2012 Republican primary for president. He was a major <a href="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/12/19/133526/did-gingrich-bend-campaign-laws.html" style=" font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">funder</a> [14] of a now-defunct group founded by Newt Gingrich that promoted increased extraction of fossil fuels. Hubbard has also <a href="http://www.thenation.com/blog/173315/charles-koch-reflects-last-election-promises-do-more-persuade-politicians" style=" font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">told</a> [15] the Koch brothers, billionaire Republican donors who made their fortune in the oil industry, that they can "count" on him and attended at least one <a href="http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/campaigns/global-warming-and-energy/polluterwatch/koch-industries/CASE-STUDY-The-Kochtopus-Media-Network/" style=" font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">strategy conference</a> [16] run by the Kochs.

Hubbard Broadcasting's flagship station, <a href="http://kstp.com/article/stories/s133.shtml" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">KSTP-TV</a> [7], an ABC affiliate broadcasting on Channel 5 in the Twin Cities and surrounding area, has cast doubt on climate change by citing the Heartland Institute. In September 2013, the news station conveyed <a href="http://undsci.berkeley.edu/article/sciencetoolkit_04" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">false balance</a> [17] by <a href="http://kstp.com/article/stories/s3175153.shtml" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">hosting</a> [18] Heartland Institute CEO Joseph Bast to cast doubt on findings from the "Intragovernmental [sic] Panel on Climate Change." KSTP did not give any background information about Bast, who <a href="http://www.forecastthefacts.org/campaign/heartland/tobacco/" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">claimed</a> [19] in the 1990s that smoking "in moderation has few, if any, adverse health effects." In 2008, KSTP <a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/green/global-warming-link-to-anchor-dumping/156/" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">reportedly</a> [20] aired a 10-minute video by the Heartland Institute titled "<a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/heartland-institute-tricked-video-subject-in-unstoppable-solar-cycles" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Unstoppable Solar Cycles</a> [21]" that espouses the long-debunked claim that recent climate change is being driven by changes in the sun. The station's chief meteorologist has also <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/forecasting-denial-why-are-tv-weathercasters-ignoring-climate-change-20121205" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">suggested</a> [10] that the sun, rather than human activities, is the primary driver of climate change.

Hubbard stations WNYT and WHEC, which serve parts of New York State, have also seen the impact of their CEO's climate denial. In 2008, former WNYT anchor Ed Dague <a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/eddague/lydia/280/" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">suggested</a> [22] at his Times-Union blog that his<a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/business/kulbida-out-at-wnyt/5901/" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">popular</a>[23] former colleague Lydia Kulbida was let go in part because she resisted inserting climate denial into the news:

Lydia Kulbida was a member of the union's "mobilization committee" and had resisted some of management's attempts to insert Hubbard family opinions into news content. The Hubbards do not believe in global warming and have distinct views about unionization. My belief is that her salary didn't make her a target for the cutback but her activism and attitude did.

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WHEC's chief meteorologist, like KSTP's, also denies climate change. At a Tea Party rally in 2010, WHEC's Kevin Williams <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/01/20/407995/forecast-the-facts-exposes-americas-climate-denier-tv-weathermen/" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">claimed</a> [24] the "Earth is not warming." Williams has also <a href="https://twitter.com/whec_kwilliams/status/435921432543899648" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">promoted</a> [25] climate <a href="https://twitter.com/whec_kwilliams/status/6672601405" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">denial</a> [26] on Twitter.

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[1] http://mediamatters.org/

[2] http://www.alternet.org/authors/shauna-theel

[3] http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/05/23/489452/lack-of-funding-forces-heartland-to-end-climate-denial-conference/

[4] http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/may/24/heartland-institute-billboard-controversy

[5] http://climateconference.heartland.org/cosponsors-2/

[6] http://climateconference.heartland.org/cosponsor/

[7] http://kstp.com/article/stories/s133.shtml

[8] http://corporate.hubbardradio.com/markets/

[9] http://www.forbes.com/profile/stanley-hubbard/

[10] http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/forecasting-denial-why-are-tv-weathercasters-ignoring-climate-change-20121205

[11] https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000034569

[12] http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/61504.html

[13] https://www.skepticalscience.com/skepticquotes.php?s=38

[14] http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/12/19/133526/did-gingrich-bend-campaign-laws.html

[15] http://www.thenation.com/blog/173315/charles-koch-reflects-last-election-promises-do-more-persuade-politicians

[16] http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/campaigns/global-warming-and-energy/polluterwatch/koch-industries/CASE-STUDY-The-Kochtopus-Media-Network/

[17] http://undsci.berkeley.edu/article/sciencetoolkit_04

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Stan S. Hubbard, chairman and CEO of Hubbard Broadcasting Inc.

Hubbard Broadcasting owns a variety of TV and radio stations in Minnesota, Wisconsin, New Mexico and New York. Through a $505 million purchase of 17 radio stations from Bonneville International, Hubbard is significantly expanding its radio presence in the District of Columbia, Chicago, Cincinnati, and St. Louis. This purchase includes WTOP, a major Washington, DC news station with the nation’s second highest 2010 radio station revenue, as well as WFED, which appeals primarily to federal employees and contractors.

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Rolling Stone

Forecasting Denial: Why Are TV Weathercasters Ignoring Climate Change?

You definitely don't need these weathermen to know which way the wind blows

by: Jeff Goodell

It's been a busy year for TV weathercasters: July was the hottest month ever recorded in the United States, unprecedented wildfires scorched the West, the worst drought in 50 years parched two-thirds of the county. Then, in October, Hurricane Sandy slammed into New York and New Jersey. Yet the cause of much of the meteorological mayhem – global warming – was rarely mentioned on air. The reason: There's a shockingly high chance that your friendly TV weatherman is a full-blown climate denier.

Take David Bernard, the handsome young chief meteorologist at the CBS affiliate in Miami. In a rapidly warming world, Miami is at huge risk from rising seas and increasingly intense storms like Sandy. But rather than alerting viewers to the connection between extreme weather and the rising concentration of climate-warming pollution in the atmosphere, Bernard spent his time last summer posting 131 pictures of Dolly, his Boston terrier puppy, on his Facebook page. In Bernard's view, climate change is nothing but a plot perpetuated by crazy liberals intent on bringing about, as he put it in one tweet, "global wealth redistribution." In June, during a month when more than 700 heat records were broken across the country, Bernard tweeted that the Earth is "cooling" and defended the Heartland Institute, a right-wing think tank that has compared those who believe in global warming to mass murderers. As for Hurricane Sandy, which climate scientists believe was spiked by rising sea surface temperatures, it was just part of a natural cycle: "We have seen storms like this over and over again," Bernard said.

Bernard is not only a top weathercaster in a major media market – he's also a rising network star. A few years ago, he scored a national gig with CBS as a severe weather consultant, commenting on everything from hurricanes and tornados to heat waves and drought. "It's like CBS deciding to cover a public health crisis by relying on a doctor who doesn't believe in germs," says Daniel Souweine of Forecast the Facts, a group that tracks TV weathercasters.

And Bernard is far from alone: A recent study found that more than a quarter of TV meteorologists call global warming a "scam," while less than a third believe that climate change is caused by human activity. In fact, some of America's most outspoken climate crackpots are TV weather guys. John Coleman, a co-founder of The Weather Channel who now tracks storms for KUSI-TV in San Diego, has called global warming "a fictional, manufactured crisis," and aruged that "stamping out the global warming scam is vital to saving our wonderful way of life." Anthony Watts, a former weathercaster in Chico, California, runs a leading climate disinformation site called "What's Up With That?" And Joe Bastardi, the chief forecaster for the meteorological service Weatherbell, routinely misrepresents climate data during his appearances on Fox News.

If you've ever wondered why many Americans are so ill-informed about the risks of climate change, here's your answer. "For most Americans, TV weathercasters are as close as they are going to get to real scientists," says Heidi Cullen, the former on-air climate expert at The Weather Channel who is now chief scientist at the website Climate Central. "They are ideally positioned to help people understand that global warming is not a far-off, distant thing – that is happening all around them, right now, and it is affecting their lives." But by failing to inform viewers about the realities of climate change, TV weathercasters neglect their scientific responsibility on a nightly basis.

Weathercasters argue that it's tough to cram complex climate science into a three-minute broadcast.  But enlightened weathercasters, such as Jim Gandy at WLTX in Columbia, South Carolina – hardly a hotbed of environmentalism – manage to do it very well.  Gandy pioneered short segments called "Climate Matters," which are two or three minute segments that focus on the science behind issues like heat waves and explains to viewers why global warming is likely to lead to, say, more poison ivy in their backyards. "If you do it right, you can build an audience for this," Gandy says. "Climate science doesn't have to be alienating or scary to audiences."

The biggest problem is that most weathercasters are not scientists at all – they just play one on TV. Only half of on-air weathercasters have advanced credentials – often in "broadcast meteorology," a dumbed-down, made-for-TV version of the degree. The rest, like The Today Show's Al Roker, are just  TV stars with colorful personalities. And thanks to increasingly sophisticated forecasting technology, you don't need to know much about cloud dynamics to get the job done. "I've never known a meteorologist to get promoted for his or her forecasting skill," says a former network news producer who asked not to be identified.

Nor do weathercasters need to know much about how greenhouse gases are altering the atmosphere to get a coveted stamp of approval from the American Meteorological Society, the gold standard for weathercasters. "There is no requirement for the AMS certification to know anything about climate science," says Jeff Masters, the co-founder and chief meteorologist at Weather Underground, an Internet weather site that is known for its aggressive coverage of climate change. In fact, the AMS itself has been slow to embrace the latest science on global warming. In public statements, the society has long played up uncertainties and natural causes for the earth's warming. Only last August did the AMS finally admit that warming is "unequivocal" and that human beings are "the dominant cause."

Another problem is corporate politics. "Most local TV stations are owned by large corporations like Gannett or Scripps," says Terry Kelly, a former weathercaster and CEO of the forecasting company Weather Central. "Many of these owners have a conservative political bent, and tend to be climate skeptics." At some, like Fox News, the influence is explicit. Others, like the Weather Channel – which is co-owned by Mitt Romney's old firm, Bain Capital – avoided dealing with the issue by simply shutting down its entire climate unit in 2008. "The influence is rarely direct," says a weathercaster who works for a Scripps-owned station. "But it's just clear that if you want to say or do something about climate change, you need to be very careful, because you are likely to hear about it from upstairs."

Smaller, privately-held stations can be even worse. Stan Hubbard, whose Hubbard Broadcasting owns 12 stations nationwide, calls global warming "the biggest fraud in the history of America." His job, Hubbard says, is to make sure that "both sides of the argument have equal opportunity to be heard" – meaning that even widely debunked climate deniers get plenty of air time on his stations. Not surprisingly, the chief meteorologist at Hubbard's flagship station in Minneapolis, Dave Dahl, echoes his boss's views, suggesting that global warming is a "political theory" pushed by grant-hungry scientists.

It's not always a matter of ideology, though. Many broadcasters are simply afraid that any talk of global warming will dampen ratings and scare off advertisers. "Talking about climate change is kryptonite for TV meteorologists," says Paul Douglas, a veteran TV weathercaster and reformed climate skeptic who is now the chief meteorologist at Alerts Broadcaster, which specializes in severe weather alerting services. "They tend to abhor anything that might turn viewers off and make it harder for them to renegotiate a big, fat, six-figure salary. By even bringing up the topic, you know you're going to alienate the percentage of the audience who still link global warming with Al Gore and conspiracy theories. Why run into the buzz saw of denial? It's easier to stick to safe topics, like dew point and hot weather survival tips."

In the long run, of course, avoiding the reality of global warming is a losing strategy – both for TV weathercasters and their millions of loyal viewers. "The simple fact is, the climate is going to get warmer and warmer as we put more heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere," says Jeff Masters of Weather Underground. "As that happens, the weather is going to get more extreme. People who talk plainly and credibly about climate change are going to be more successful and draw bigger audiences. Weathercasting is not an industry that can bet its future on denial."

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