Lord Oxburgh, the organisation’s director, was called in to head an internal inquiry into the leaked emails which included one infamous message referring to a “trick” to “hide the decline” in global temperatures.
The peer’s investigation cleared the scientists of malpractice. But critics claimed the report was a whitewash and Lord Oxburgh also failed to declare his involvement with Globe before he began his investigation.
Meanwhile Bob Ward, from the Grantham Institute, which works alongside Globe, praised a second inquiry by former civil servant Muir Russell, which also cleared the climate researchers.
He said it had “lifted the cloud of suspicion” and demonstrated that “the integrity of climate science is intact.”
Globe International’s work is paid for with donations from multi-millionaire backers and through partnerships with other environmental groups.
Globe also confirmed last night that it received direct funding from the Department of Energy and the Department of International Development (DfID). including a grant of £91,240 provided by DfID since the Coalition came to power last year.
More cash from DfID is filtered through the Complus Alliance – a “sustainable development communications alliance” of broadcasters based in Costa Rica which is also supported by the BBC World Service Trust, the Corporation’s independent charity,.
Complus, which was awarded DfID cash last year and in 2006, says it has an “ongoing relationship with Globe” helping it run “shadow negotiation” teams at international summits of world leaders.
A spokeswoman for Complus said: “The BBC is a founding member not a funding member. They can make in-kind contributions, like organising events, supporting logistics, sharing content.”
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More here.
Also, Dr. Richard North of the EU Referendum has a synopsis of coverage that preceded the Telegraph’s, and there was a significant amount. But even a late awakening is better than none.
Bottom line for the BBC: no matter what, when you are involved in promoting monetarily, in kind, or in any way, the same people and organizations you report on, you can’t have any separation from conflict of interest.
The The BBC has zero credibility left in all matters climate reporting related, in my opinion.
While I had suspicions before, after reviewing these two posts on “contract” and “expenses” for the Oxburgh report at CA, followed by Bishop Hill’s “When is a contract not a contract?“, I believe now that these investigations were complete whitewashes, bought and paid for. It is just that simple.
h/t to WUWT reader and volunteer moderator “AndiC”
Is the Biased Broadcasting Corporation biased? Is grass green?
Did you know that the BBC sends executives to Futerra, an uber-Green PR company, who design Green propaganda for corporations? Check out the Futerra ‘clients’ list.
http://www.futerra.co.uk/downloads/NewRules:NewGame.pdf
Did you know that the BBC invited its executives to a secret meeting with climate executives, back in 2007, and decided then to wholeheartedly promote Global Warming.
http://burningourmoney.blogspot.com/2007/06/bbc-bias.html
Justin Webb of the BBC said: “If we think that we have a role and something to say, we should have the guts to say it and stand behind it.” Well, yes, but you are using MY money to fund YOUR propaganda, matey.
This is why Peter Sissons, a senior BBC newsreader, said that the BBC was a Climate Change propaganda machine.
http://socioecohistory.wordpress.com/2011/01/25/bbc-became-a-propaganda-machine-for-climate-change-zealots/
Do anything you can, to bring the Biased Broadcasting Corporation to heel. Write to them. Write to the Offcom regulator. Write to the BBC Board. Write to your MP. And do not buy this Global Warming licence, that costs £135 per year !
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>>paul revere says: April 24, 2011 at 7:51 am
>>To question the validity of Darwin is a death nail in your scientific
>>funding and your scientific carrier!
Do you think that writing a paper declaring that the Flying Spaghetti Monster created all of the Earth’s biosphere 5,000 years ago is going to earn you a Nobel? Dear me, its back to the Dark Ages, chaps. (How on earth does the US still retain a lead in aerospace and electronics?)
Tell you what, if you can write a paper successfully explaining who created the Creator, then I can guarantee you a Nobel.
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Hugh Pepper says:
April 24, 2011 at 9:24 am
“Get over the Climategate thing guys. It has been thoroughly investigated by six committees and the participants have been exonerated. The evidence didn’t depend on one data set in any event and the word “trick” is just a shorthand word used commonly.”
How about that? A classic Climategate [snip – same rule for everyone, no calling someone the d-word. ~dbs, mod.] Finding one is sort of like finding a drugstore selling handmade malts to people seated at the counter.
Benefit of the doubt probably does apply here.
Must be hell being caught telling a lie to cover for the un truths of someone else and to be ratted out unexpectedly by a third party.
Ralph asked: “How on earth does the US still retain a lead in aerospace and electronics?”
College engineering programs all too often consist of memorizing formulas. We can build gizmos and widgets galore. It is maintaining democracy that worries me. Democracy without civility and critical thinking skills is like doing science in the blogsphere.
vigilantfish says:
April 24, 2011 at 10:09 am
“Perhaps. But never before in history has there been so much collusion between international corporations, left-wing leaning political parties and the mainstream media in suppression alternative points of view, censoring unwanted ideas, and pursuing a common agenda.”
Excellent post! My hat is off to you. For those of us who have been around for a while, the fact that the media is ideology bound today is both novel and disheartening. Only fifteen or twenty years ago, many of us knew personally journalists whose professionalism was as rock solid as that of the ordinary Federal Judge. Today, journalists do not understand the concept of professional integrity. What is disheartening is that the change happened so quickly and so fully.
Global inhabitants please wake up, see Lord Turnbull on THE REALLY INCONVENIENT TRUTH, it says it all, please send this on to all politicians in the hope of shaming them:
http://www.thegwpf.org/opinion-pros-a-cons/2711-lord-turnbull-the-really-inconvenient-truth.htmlhttp://www.thegwpf.org/opinion-pros-a-cons/2711-lord-turnbull-the-really-inconvenient-truth.html
Whitewash or Blackwash?
For people having trouble with Google, try Duckduckgo. Either the standard or the SSL version will get you where you want to go – and as a side benefit, no tracking.
I’ve swapped over – I’m (well according to MSM, a gun nut, I reload and shoot competitively) I got tired of the targeted (pun intended) advertising from Google.
It’s silly to talk about the “overwhelming advantage” big oil has in the communications area. Look up Complus, who they are and who’s behind it. Here’s their reach, largely through TAXPAYER FUNDED ORGANIZATIONS:
•TV features on sustainable development reach 20 million homes in Africa through Reuters Africa Journal on a weekly basis. •300 million homes in 170 countries were reached through BBC documentaries on glacier melting, conditional cash transfers and climate change effects on small islands (Slippery Slopes, Cash In Hand and The President’s Dilemma).
•Climate Thinkers series reaches over 500 million viewers worldwide during UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. BBC World TV broadcast a series of 18 short films tapping into the minds of the world’s leading climate change scientists, policy makers and civil society organizations at the front line of climate change seven times per day over eight days (December 2009). This series was also broadcast on national TV in Africa and India.
•Small Islands, Big Impact documentary reaches 50 million South Asian homes. The short film, based on an exclusive interview with President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives, was distributed to 25 broadcasters throughout Asia/Pacific and uploaded onto YouTube. The documentary was produced by TVEAP.
•Over 150 broadcasters screen material from ground-breaking policy event on climate change. Video news release and coverage of legislative consensus at the GLOBE Legislators’ Forum in Copenhagen (October 2009) ahead of the COP 15 broadcast on BBC’s flagship news programme Newsnight, BBC Radio 4, BBC World Service Radio (UK), Rai (Italy), TFI (France), CBC (Canada), TV2 (Denmark), and Deutsche Welle (Africa), among others.
“Big oil” just can’t compete with big government! It’s not a fair fight!
banjo says:
April 24, 2011 at 7:17 am
“Dave Brittania says:
April 24, 2011 at 4:00 am
I used to like the science programme ‘Horizon’ which is made by the BBC.
Not now I don’t.
The new format and presentation is an insult.Even to a dumb bloke like me.
“The Universe,aint it great,Amazing” The presenter is like a character out of the ‘Fast Show’.
“Yep, ex-popstar Dr Brian Cox gets on my nerves too.”
Me too – and if you want the best laugh listen to ‘Down the line’ spoof radio phone in show on BBC where they do a great skit of him. Starts at 8.35 minutes and lasts the rest of the show. Funnily enough it’s mainly the Fast show team;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b010dp1c/Down_the_Line_Series_4_Episode_6/
Patrick Davis says:
April 24, 2011 at 8:29 am
“Huth says:
April 24, 2011 at 7:36 am”
Those vans were pure propaganda, really I mean that. A good old “scare” tactic as there were simply not enough to catch the “offenders”. As much as I can recall my life in the UK, neither my parents, their parents nor thier offspring paid the fee. Never ever saw one of those “vans”, just the ads. Not a surprise because in the “adverts” on non-commercial TV showed a “Commer BF” van which was massively unreliable (A Big Fail? Oh yeah).
I actually did see the vans. I worked for the GPO. They used antennae to detect the carrier oscillator from the TV. They were not as accurate as claimed but could detect a TV.
Theo Goodwin says: April 24, 2011 at 10:55 am
vigilantfish says:April 24, 2011 at 10:09 am
[“Perhaps. But never before in history has there been so much collusion between international corporations, etc —
Excellent post —Today, journalists do not understand the concept of professional integrity. What is disheartening is that the change happened so quickly and so fully
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How true Theo but the cause IMO is that competition in the communication ‘business’ has destroyed the journalist. It’s what ‘sells’ newspapers that counts now – and it’s not integrity – its sensationalism and crap. In short, newspapers are owned by businessmen not journalists and businessmen are only interested in the ‘bottom line’. Enter the cut and pastes Louise Gray’s – end of story.
Douglas
John McKay, IMHO the problem is not the TV set but the lies and propaganda that are being produced and disseminated by powerful politico/business cartels with a worldwide reach. Chucking your TV does nothing to fix the problem apart from deny the authorities your licence fee which might be effective if millions of citizens do it but otherwise seems to fall into the category of an almost pointless but no doubt an individually satisfying gesture.
The BBC. Last middle class gravy train left in the uk. They wont let go of it that easily
BBC; Boobs Broadcasting Crap.
The BBC have always sort to undermine and control the thoughts and broadcast content of the UK, they have NEVER been trust worthy and NEVER will be till they are closed down and become a footnote to history.
here is a very small sample of their audacity!
In the 1950’s and 60.s the BBC drove around our cities and towns with scanner Vans/trucks looking for people without Radio and TV licenses (My mother would panic at the sight of them) they were hated and despised by the people of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland this hatred of the BBC brought us together in a common bond = the dislike and mistrust of of the elitist who dictated this kind of crap that still goes on to this day. My family was poor and struggling to pay for rent, a bag of coal for one little miserable fire place and food!! never mind pay the BBC for crappy content that most of us disliked, but was the only source of entertainment we could get or afford!!
During world War Two the Nazis did the same scary thing looking for radios and signals from the resistance in every part of occupied Europe (in similar looking vans) the penalty was death and torture in stead of a steep fine, but the intention was the same sinister goal, to control the populace what they could listen too, do and the control of the broadcast content and in turn the minds of people.
Evidence of this came home to me loud and clear when in the 1960’s Pirate Radio Stations, Radio Caroline, Radio London started broadcasting Rock N Roll and Pop music 24 hours a day from ships in international waters.
It was a fantastic time and we went wild with the simple joy of it, it represented freedom (sounds so strange today) the BBC and the Elitist socialist establishments were totally Pi#*$ Off and finally arrested and closed down the Pirate Radio Stations with Gestapo tactics.
It was disgusting and angers many people young and old who lived through the 60’s and remember this was the height of the British music invasion of the world. The Beatles, Stones and 100’s of other groups and yet we in the United Kingdom were denied the simple pleasure of listening to them.
So don’t wonder about the UK governments Labor or Conservative or the socialist BBC they are all on the same page when is comes to control, spin and lies and the Global warming hoax and Climategate cover ups are simple a continuation of the same of BBC lies, cover-up, crap/creed.
Yee, ha! Great to see this. Anyone who has ever watched the BBC or read Richard Black’s incessant AGW propaganda knows how bent over they are.
But funny… when I first looked at the story and photo I assumed those gorillas were the BBC’s scientific advisors. Probably close enough. Just give them some bananas and they’ll grunt anything you want.
Must say though… kind of miss their daily climate doomsday reports with a truly limp promoter/reporter named David Shukman. Even the way he said ‘glaciers’ was funny.
This heat on the BBC must be having its effect. The daily AGW doomsday report is gone but replaced by the more subliminal drum beat of ‘extreme’ weather coverage. They seem to find something to cover every day, thanks to ubiquitous cellphone cameras. Look, it is raining in Peru! This all adds up to brainwashing to support the new ‘restless climate syndrome’ story, or whatever they choose to call it.
Coverage now appears to be almost exclusively trivia related to the upcoming twit bonding ceremony and anti-Qadaffi propaganda (the UK government is no doubt rather embarassed about just sucking up to him to help out BP).
You haven’t been to Norway, I think. It is exactly the same here.
Hugh Pepper, go read ClimateAudit and come back wiser and better informed.
This is from a man who is now a convicted thief.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/apr/07/elliot-morley-admits-mp-expenses-fraud
Look at what his (previous) position was.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7680624.stm
Daily telegraph (weekday) app is certainly sposored by the Carbon Trust. Might explain the bias there too. Don’t forget ad revenues are massively down for newspapers.
This is from a self-confessed thief, a thief stealing from the public purse whilst in public office:-
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7680624.stm
Here’s his comeuppance:-
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/apr/07/elliot-morley-admits-mp-expenses-fraud
Please note what office this criminal held in the Globe organisation.
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Dave says:
April 24, 2011 at 4:04 am
John Marshall>
No need to pay a license fee for anything except programs you watch as they are broadcast live in the UK. Buy a PVR – personal video recorder – for less than the cost of a years’ license fee, press the button that delays all the programmes by 30 seconds, and bob’s your multicoloured auntie.
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Sorry Dave ; if you own equipment capable of receiving television signals you are legally required to have a Television Receiving licence for the property (-ies – one for each) where such equipment is kept/used. Note that recent amendments mean you also need a Licence if you receive your television live over the internet. Since we no longer have common law; the use of a delay system would probably be found to be irrelevant too.