Tag Archives: BBC

Hits and Misses for the week of November 20-26

Posted on November 26, 2011 by

I’m trying out a new feature, “Hits and Misses” which will highlight some of the on-target and brightest things in science and climate juxtaposed with some of the off-target and silliest things in the past week. Hit: Almost two years … Continue reading →

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BBC’s Kirby admission to Phil Jones on “impartiality”

Posted on November 24, 2011 by

Climategate 2.0 email 4894.txt shows just what Alex Kirby of BBC thinks of climate skeptics as he conveys it to Dr. Phil Jones. Clearly, there an incestuous relationship between climate science and the BBC. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ date: Wed Dec  8 08:25:30 … Continue reading →

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Slipping some “past the goalie” at RC

Posted on November 13, 2011 by

Guest Post by Ira Glickstein Seinfeld fans will remember how proud Kramer was when he thought he had slipped one past the goalie. Well, I’ve managed to slip a few comments onto RealClimate’s discusion of the Times Atlas “Greenland Meltdown” … Continue reading →

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Richard Black tells the BBC reporting team what to think

Posted on November 4, 2011 by

David Whitehouse: Biased BBC Advice Based On Sloppy Statistics. From the GWPF: The Observatory, 4 November 2011 Whatever you think about the BBC’s actual performance in reporting climate change, they are supposed to adhere to the highest standards of impartiality … Continue reading →

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BBC: The Little Ice Age was all about solar UV variability… wasn’t an ice age at all

Posted on October 10, 2011 by

Mike Bromley writes in: BBC has the explanation for the European LIA… it wasn’t really an ice age at all.   See this strange quote.

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Wind turbine FAIL – school left holding the bag for £53,000

Posted on October 6, 2011 by

It all started when the Gorran School got the bright idea that a wind turbine would solve all their electrical bills while doing some feel good environmentalism. The BBC was ecstatic when they reported on it back in 2008: A … Continue reading →

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The BBC Endeavours to Provide More Biased Coverage on Climate Change

Posted on July 23, 2011 by

By WUWT regular “Just The Facts” The BBC’s governing body, the BBC Trust, has released a report on its coverage of climate change, that is based partly on “an independent review” by Steve Jones, a Genetics Professor at University College London … Continue reading →

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Pielke Sr. on Climate Science Myopia

Posted on July 14, 2011 by

By Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. There is an article Global warming lull down to China’s coal growth by Richard Black of the BBC which perpetuate an inappropriately narrow view of climate science. The article headlines with the text “The lull in … Continue reading →

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BBC snowed by the whims of nature

Posted on June 12, 2011 by

Oh noes! Then, suddenly, this week, in summer no less, nature decides that snowfalls won’t be a thing of the past after all, and makes bozos of the BBC:

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The Telegraph “gets it” about Climategate investigations and the conflict of interest of publicly funded media

Posted on April 24, 2011 by

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Quote of the Week: BBC’s ugliest moment yet?

Posted on February 12, 2011 by

Paging Roger Harrabin… Bishop Hill writes: Hat tip to several readers who have pointed out Michael Buerk’s comments on the BBC Radio 4 show, the Moral Maze:

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Has the BBC broken faith with the General Public?

Posted on February 3, 2011 by

Guest Post by Barry Woods It is my opinion that the BBC in broadcasting the BBC 2 Horizon program ‘Science Under Attack’ did not treat the general public in the UK and at least one of the interviewees with the ’good faith’ that … Continue reading →

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BBC’s Roger Harrabin responds

Posted on February 1, 2011 by

After the revelation: The Met office and the BBC- caught cold that the Met office had issued a forecast to the UK Cabinet office, and that forecast didn’t contain much of anything useful, the least of which was any solid prediction … Continue reading →

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BBC4′s “Meet the Skeptics”

Posted on February 1, 2011 by

Lord Monckton is rather upset with the producers of this show, so much that he filed a legal action for a right of reply according to Bishop Hill. I was interviewed (captured really, they flagged me down in the conference … Continue reading →

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Booker on BBC’s Science Under Attack

Posted on January 29, 2011 by

Christopher Booker on BBC and The Royal Society bias, ClimateGate, The Met cold winter forecast and 2010 hottest year ever: Horizon’s “Science Under Attack” turned out to be yet another laborious bid by the BBC to defend the global warming … Continue reading →

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The Met office and the BBC- caught cold

Posted on January 28, 2011 by

From the blog autonomous mind, a cold ill wind blows from Britain. At least this time, FOI requests weren’t quashed like they were with CRU.  Below are excerpts. The photocopy of the email from the FOI request is telling. ====================================== … Continue reading →

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New Scientist – Those cursed climate emails

Posted on January 11, 2011 by

Guest post by Barry Woods, UK The last 2010 edition (Dec 25th 2010) of New Scientist (UK) has a review of 2010 and a preview of 2011 section… …and they are rather optimistic that the world has finally moved on from the Climategate emails. … Continue reading →

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The plot thickens: BBC Hits UK Govt with Freedom of Information Demand in Cold Winter Forecast Fiasco

Posted on January 11, 2011 by

By John O’ Sullivan The BBC serves Freedom of Information request (FOIA) on UK Government over weather forecast failures secrecy in worst winter for 100 years. In an almighty battle to salvage credibility three British government institutions are embroiled in … Continue reading →

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The Met Office Bullhockey

Posted on January 4, 2011 by

We all know they are caught up in the warming meme, but the Met Office in the UK is now trying to spin the idea that they had truly forecasted a cold and snowy winter, but they just didn’t tell … Continue reading →

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Simple Physics – In reality my feather blew up into a tree

Posted on December 28, 2010 by

Guest Post by Barry Woods All too often the ‘simple physics of CO2′ argument is presented to the public by the media, politicians, climate scientists and environmental advocacy groups, in a way that grossly simplifies the issue of the response in global … Continue reading →

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