SEN. SHELDON WHITEHOUSE (D-RI): Unprecedented catastrophes. Forceful warnings from scientists and financial experts. Surely the viewers of America’s top television networks should be focused on these things. Or not. According to the media watchdog Media Matters, our major television networks, ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox, aired 45% less climate change coverage on their marquee news programs in 2018 than in 2017.