A new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists has claimed that Fox News reports wrong data about climate science more often than not. There is no news channel in the world that could be called flawless, but when it comes to reporting on Climate Science, Fox News has broken all records.

The report was compiled after a diligent analysis was done by UCS on the factual accuracy of statements made during the climate change coverage of three major news networks: Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC. The quality of coverage was worst for Fox News and best for MSNBC, said UCS.

Misleading statements were major part, 72%, of the climate science segments broadcasted by Fox News. CNN provided misleading information to viewers in 30% segments dedicated to climate science. MSNBC, on the other hand, stood as the best climate change coverage and altered the facts in only 8% segments.

Half of all Fox's climate science faux pas happened on the show The Five, said UCS. "The public deserves climate coverage that gets the science right. Media outlets can do more to foster a fact-based conversation about climate change and policies designed to address it", said UCS.

The Union of Concerned Scientists, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a non-profit science advocacy organization. Its founding document called on its members to find ways to remove research applications from the present emphasis on military towards the solution of urgent environmental and social problems. The union has become the alliance of more than 400,000 citizens and scientists now. It was incepted in 1969 as a partnership between students and faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The team looked into whether the reporting on climate change was in line with the best available scientific evidence at the time of the broadcast to figure out if it was at all misleading or entirely inaccurate.