Three critical details missing from Fox News’ coverage of the EPA’s attempted clawback of $20 billion in climate funding
Fox News has missed crucial details in its extensive coverage of the Trump administration’s attempt to kill $20 billion in already allocated climate funding.
Since February 12, when EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin demanded the return of $20 billion in climate funds allocated by the Inflation Reduction Act, Fox News has aired at least 56 segments discussing this effort, largely characterizing the original funding allocation as fraudulent and wasteful. The network’s coverage has been almost entirely informed by Zeldin — who has appeared on Fox more than 20 times since his late January confirmation — and it has omitted important details of the story that have been reported by other news outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Politico.
Here are three details that have been mostly absent from Fox News’ coverage that undermine the network’s narrative that the $20 billion climate fund is fraudulent and wasteful:
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