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Majority of top newspapers in agricultural producing states fail to mention UN climate and land report on their front pages
Only seven of 20 major newspapers in top agricultural producing states featured the report on their print front pages, while none of the Sunday shows covered it
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In the early hours of August 8, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report detailing climate change’s effects on land and agricultural practices. The next morning, on August 9, a majority of top newspapers in each of the top 10 agricultural producing states failed to mention this report on their front pages. Additionally, neither NBC Nightly News nor any of the Sunday political news shows discussed the report.