Mar
James Delingpole versus George Monbiot on climate change
The BBC hosted a debate between Climate Change believer George Monbiot and skeptic James Delingpole who writes for the Daily Telegraph.
They begin with a puff piece by Monbiot (which Delingpole calls “George’s greatest hits), and end with letting Monbiot having the last word. But what the hell, it is the BBC, and they are allowing debate.
Feb
The full BBC Q&A of Phil Jones
Yesterday, BBC environment analyst Roger Harrabin interviewed Phil Jones, director of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia (UEA). The interview has entered the public domain now, so we at ease publishing the 23 questions and answers here, for the record, and for your comments.
Feb
BBC’s Roger Harrabin questions Professor Phil Jones
BBC’s Roger Harrabin does a Q&A with the University of East Anglia’s Phil Jones, who is at the center of the Climategate scandal.
Feb
Follow the money: BBC exposed in biggest climate racket on planet
The world is learning fast that climate pseudo-science is fraught with fraud. The best way to go to the heart of any moneymaking scam is to follow the money. Let’s go on a journey from the toilet of the United Nations to the BBC’s top floor.
Feb
IPCC co-chair Chris Field loses his cool with Roger Pielkie, Jr
On this BBC television show, co-chair of the IPPC Working Group Chris Field expresses regret for errors in the AR4 Report, and gets a bit upset during his interchange with professor of environmental studies at the University of Colorado Roger Pielkie, Jr. Pielkie sets the record straight on how the IPCC had distorted his views.
Feb
BBC Radio now admits it’s time to talk to skeptics
On the BBC iplayer, it is a recording of Thursday’s ‘The Gabby Logan Show’, a UK lunch time national talk radio show, (at 11:42 through 34:00) with Mike Hulme, Professor of Climate Change in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia (UEA), Richard North, journalist and skeptic and the BBC’s Roger Harrabin discuss UEA investigation and broader issues.
Feb
The BBC puts Al Gore’s “Hero of the Planet” on the hot seat. Yes, we said the BBC.
The BBC’s Andrew Neil absolutely grills Chief Scientist at the UK’s Department for the Environment, Professor Robert Watson. And who is Watson? Well, Al Gore called him “Hero of the Planet.”
Feb
BBC used “Calibrated Reporting” in covering climate change
Concerns are growing that BBC journalists and their bosses regard disputed scientific theory that climate change is caused by mankind as “mainstream” while huge sums of employees’ money is invested in companies whose success depends on the theory being widely accepted
Feb
BBC Says, ‘Let’s talk’ to climate skeptics: initiative to debate begins
Today I felt I did my bit to help the BBC take its first step along the road back to objective journalism. After yesterday’s shock offer by BBC environment correspondent Roger Harrabin to talk to skeptic scientists at WattsupWithThat I’ve been put on the case.
Jan
BBC to investigate itself on climate change bias
The BBC’s governing body, BBC Trust, has launched a major review of its science coverage after complaints of bias, most notably in its treatment of climate change.