2023年5月和6月英格兰和威尔士遭遇创纪录热浪，导致约2700至2877人过早死亡1。然而，GB News和TalkTV两家电视频道的多位主持人和嘉宾在报道中持续否认气候变化的严重性，并嘲笑热浪风险。
GB News主持人Cristo Foufas声称"我厌倦了悲观者说我们都会死亡，你只需喝点水"1，同频道主持人Will Kingston则将热浪死亡称为"生活的现实"1。TalkTV主持人Julia Hartley-Brewer表示"如果有人因热浪死亡，我很遗憾，但这不是我们永远不能乘飞机或吃肉的理由"1。当热相关死亡数据公布后，这些频道的评论员质疑统计模型的可信性。
两家频道的评论员还就气候政策发表了极端观点。TalkTV主持人Kevin O'Sullivan将气候关切称为"歇斯底里"1，同频道主持人André Walker声称"Ed Miliband最终会因绿色能源政策杀死10万人"1。TalkTV主持人Ash Gould甚至声称天气图谱是"心理战争行动"1。GB News主持人Nana Akua则将气候危机称为"骗局"1。
根据由192个国家政府签署的报告，世界气候科学家已明确指出1950年以来100%的全球变暖由人为排放和活动造成1。
GB News and Talk TV broadcasters dismissed climate science and minimized heatwave dangers during the United Kingdom's record-breaking temperatures in summer 2023, according to reporting on their editorial coverage. When record-breaking heatwaves struck in late May and June, the channels' hosts and guests repeatedly questioned the severity of heat-related health impacts and attacked net-zero policies, despite official mortality data revealing significant casualties.1
The heatwaves in May and June led to approximately 2,700 to 2,877 excess deaths in England and Wales, according to figures that emerged following the record temperatures.1 When this data became public, commentators on both channels challenged the credibility of the statistical models used to calculate these figures.1
Despite the documented health toll, hosts on these platforms offered dismissive commentary on climate risks. GB News presenter Cristo Foufas stated, "I'm tired of the doom-mongers saying we're all going to die, you just need to drink some water."1 Talk TV host Julia Hartley-Brewer remarked, "If people die in a heatwave, I'm sorry about that, but that's not a reason we can never fly again or eat meat,"1 while her colleague Kevin O'Sullivan characterized climate concerns as "hysterical."1 GB News presenter Will Kingston characterized heat-related deaths as "a fact of life,"1 and Talk TV presenter André Walker made an unsubstantiated claim that "Ed Miliband will ultimately kill 100,000 people with green energy policies."1
The broader scientific consensus contradicts the channels' stance. Scientists worldwide, in a report signed by 192 national governments, have established that 100 percent of global warming since 1950 has resulted from human emissions and activities.1 Additional on-air rhetoric included GB News presenter Nana Akua calling the climate crisis a "hoax,"1 and Talk TV presenter Ash Gould describing weather maps as "psychological operations."1
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