BBC wrong to not challenge climate sceptic Lord Lawson

[Valentijn]

I think this is the same climate change BS which the Science Media Centre (SMC) was promoting at the same time with Esther Crawley's SMILE trial. If so, the BBC may have lost their appetite for what the SMC has been feeding them.

The BBC should have challenged the views of climate sceptic Lord Lawson in an interview in August, the complaints unit for the corporation has ruled.

The ex-chancellor claimed in an interview with the Today programme that "official figures" showed average world temperatures had "slightly declined".

This view, shown to be false by the Met Office, was not challenged on air.

The BBC admitted it had breached its "guidelines on accuracy and impartiality".

 

[Sasha]

There's a weird, giant, blank space at the top of your post, @Valentijn...

 

[Valentijn]

There's a weird, giant, blank space at the top of your post, @Valentijn...

Yeah, media embedding is malfunctioning, and it happens automatically whether I want it to or not I put an embedded link into normal text to avoid it for now.

 

[Adrian]

Yeah, media embedding is malfunctioning, and it happens automatically whether I want it to or not I put an embedded link into normal text to avoid it for now.

Should I turn embedding of bbc links off?

 

[Little Bluestem]

I do feel a little sorry for legitimate media right now. There are so many 'alternative facts' floating around, it must be like playing wack-a-mole.