CNN did not publish headline suggesting climate change is seasonal

CNN did not publish headline suggesting climate change is seasonal

CNN did not publish headline suggesting climate change is seasonal

(Reuters) - A screenshot that appears to show a CNN headline telling readers that climate change is seasonal and will return after disappearing over the winter has been fabricated, a spokesperson for the broadcaster told Reuters.

According to the faked screenshot, the Sept. 4 article was headlined: “As temperatures cool this fall, it’s important to remember that climate change will be back next summer.” (here , here and here).

A spokesperson for CNN told Reuters that the image did not show an authentic shot of the company’s website and that it had been fabricated.
Reuters could not find a record of any such headline published by CNN.

The fake headline suggested the article was written by sports presenter Amanda Davies and associate producer Ben Morse. They did share a byline on Sept. 4, but the piece covered climate change comments made by Formula 1 driver Sebastian Vettel.

The headline of the real piece read: “Sebastian Vettel believes world needs to ‘rethink our behaviors’ to tackle climate change” (here).

Neither the headline nor the article itself suggested climate change is a seasonal phenomenon.

VERDICT

Altered. No such headline was published by CNN.