It's an interesting point, I think, about how anything "technical" or complex is rarely reported accurately or evenhandedly. It gets "dumbed down" to a point that loses meaning, or a conclusion is set in stone before anything is disseminated.
And many humans base their "opinions" about such things based on their political views. You won't find many liberals who think climate change is a hoax, or even that it may be real but is not that much of a problem, and you won't find many conservatives who thinks it's real and serious and needs urgent attention.
I could devise a questionaire I think that would pretty accurately assess your political views without asking a single political question.
Is you COVID vaccine up to date?
Do you view climate change as an urgent problem?
Etc.