#un biodiversity report

On May 6, the United Nations released a summary of a major new report warning that human destruction of the natural world, including through climate change, now threatens up to a million species with extinction. May 6 was also the day that royal baby Archie was born.

In the week after both events, ABC, CBS, and NBC all spent more time talking about the royal baby than the U.N. biodiversity report. In fact, CBS was the only national broadcast network that ran a segment on the report. Even worse, in that one week, ABC’s World News Tonight spent more time covering the royal baby than the program spent covering climate change during the entire year of 2018.