Science coverage equals 1 minute in every 5 hours of US cable television news
State of the news media: The Project for Excellence in Journalism has released an analysis of scientific coverage in TV and newspapers that suggests that on average five hours of cable television news produces six minutes of science, technology, health and the environment. Three minutes and 46 seconds of these minutes consist of health and health care coverage, 1 minute and 25 seconds about the environment, and finally 1 minute about science and technology.
According to the report, online news sites, spend one minute, and both newspapers and network television news spend the equivalent of two minutes on science and technology.