OK, yes, I know, how is this news? If the BBC said something accurate and reasonable about climate change, that might be worth commenting on… Today the IPCC issued another report, Climate Change and Land. The BBC’s Roger Harrabin wrote an article about it, before the report was released (he was also burbling about it … Continue reading
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BBC doesn’t even bother to read complaints
A few weeks ago Geoff wrote about his complaint to the BBC regarding “Climate Change – The Facts”, and how he received a reply from the BBC that failed to address the issues that he raised. It soon became clear that the BBC was sending out identical form letters to people who complained. I wondered … Continue reading
More dishonest, irresponsible scaremongering from the BBC
Further evidence of the institutional dishonesty of the BBC over climate change: on Wednesday, Radio 4’s Costing the Earth had a programme on “Eco-anxiety”. Is the future of the planet making you depressed? Do you feel paralysed, unable to imagine the happiness of future generations? As global governments fail to respond to the existential crisis … Continue reading
Has the BBC Failed on its Charter?
“The First Law of Journalism: to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it.” – Alexander Cockburn If you look on the American Press Institute’s website you will find a definition for the purpose of journalism that is very difficult to argue with: “News is that part of communication that keeps us informed of the changing … Continue reading
Climate Change Officially Relegated To Second Division – Now Just “one of the greatest threats that face humankind”
The BBC has just reported on the newly published Summary for Policy Makers of the as yet unpublished UN 1800 page global assessment of nature compiled by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). The two day old ‘climate crisis’, so recently [not] declared by the British government has already been … Continue reading
BBC sending form letters to complainants
When Geoff published his post showing the BBC’s response to his complaint about “Climate Change – The Facts”, there were two things that puzzled me. Firstly, the BBC replied very quickly. In contrast, when I complained about Martha Kearney misleading millions of Today Programme listeners by reading out a lie about floods from the IPPR, … Continue reading
Climate Change – The Lies, Propaganda, Misinformation, Disinformation and Emotional Blackmail. Part V
What I want to do in this final post is highlight the one theme which runs throughout ‘Climate Change – The Facts’ from beginning to end, the notion that climate change is here, right now and adversely affecting people across the globe. Climate change propagandists have long been faced with the dilemma of … Continue reading
