Via The Hill:

Forty-two percent of Americans believe news reports exaggerate the seriousness of global warming, while fewer people think the seriousness is generally correct or underestimated, a Gallup Inc. poll found.

In the poll conducted in early March, Americans were most likely to say news reports generally exaggerated the seriousness of global warming, Gallup said Monday. Thirty-three percent said the seriousness was underestimated and 23 percent said the reports are correct.

Republicans are far more likely to think that global warming is exaggerated, at 68 percent, compared with 18 percent of Democrats.