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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Fabricated news
This post isn’t directly climate-related, but it’s about a tactic used in the news media where considerable scepticism is warranted. I’m not sure if its use is increasing, or if I’m just noticing it more. Here is the top BBC Radio 4 News headline presented at 7am this morning on the Today Programme: Two EU … Continue reading
BBC ignores complaint over fake news
As readers may recall from previous posts, the 6 O’clock news on BBC Radio 4 on 18 January started with the false claim that “The world’s leading climate agencies have said for the first time that global warming caused by humans now dwarfs natural temperature changes.” This was, to put it bluntly, a lie. None … Continue reading
BBC doubles down on fake climate news
On January 18th, the BBC 6pm Radio 4 news started with a completely false headline, as I reported here the next day. I wrote a complaint to the BBC, using their online complaints form. Here is my complaint: Complaint Summary: Completely untrue statement in headline radio news Full Complaint: The 6pm Radio 4 News on … Continue reading
Fake news from the BBC, Harrabin and Stott
Plenty of solace. For example in pointing out your falsehoods. Here's the latest MetOffice news and it doesn't say what you claim.https://t.co/1FpwoXDxpx — Paul Matthews (@etzpcm) January 19, 2018 Yesterday’s 6pm Radio 4 News opened with a headline claim that “The world’s leading climate agencies have said for the first time that global warming … Continue reading
Fake news, identity agendas and double standards
Yesterday, membership of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee was announced: Previously, there were 11 members of the committee, and apparently there will be three more appointments, so the announcement seems to have been somewhat botched. The identity politics brigade sprang into action following this announcement, see for example Cambridge physicist and Master … Continue reading
