BBC Worried About Kenyan Farmer’s Climate Scepticism

From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

By Paul Homewood

h/t Ray Sanders

It is hard to describe just how low the BBC has sunk.

Climate change deniers have found a new champion in Kenyan farmer Jusper Machogu. On social media, he has become known as a flagbearer for fossil fuels in Africa, but there is more to his campaign than meets the eye.

At first glance, the 29-year-old Mr Machogu is just a young farmer with a knack for social media.

On X, formerly Twitter, he regularly posts videos of himself weeding his land, planting garlic, or picking avocados – offering viewers a window into life in rural Kisii, south-west Kenya.

While farming content may get him clicks, likes, and retweets, it is Mr Machogu’s denial of man-made climate change that has helped supercharge his online profile.

Since he began posting debunked theories about climate change, he has received thousands of dollars in donations – some of which came from individuals in Western countries linked to fossil-fuel interests.

Mr Machogu insists this has not influenced his views, saying they are genuinely held.

Scientists have proven that the Earth is heating up because of greenhouse gases that are emitted into the atmosphere when we burn fossil fuels – like oil, gas, or coal.

But Mr Machogu disagrees.

“Climate change is mostly natural. A warmer climate is good for life,” Mr Machogu wrongly claimed in a tweet posted in February, along with the hashtag #ClimateScam (which he has used hundreds of times).

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c133r4gyx1no

The BBC’s disinformation expert then goes on to write an extremely long “hit-piece”, itself full of BBC disinformation. I would not even bother reading it – it’s the sort of juvenile rubbish a Sixth Former would write. In particular it investigates the tiny amount of money Mr Machogu has managed to raise.

The whole point of the article is of course to condemn any Africans who have the temerity to want to use fossil fuels.

Machogu has responded forcefully with a series of Twitter posts:

https://twitter.com/JusperMachogu

But what I find most sickening is why the BBC should even want to take this man down. Is he such a threat to their world view?

The BBC’s attitude is one of eco-colonialism – Africa must do what we tell them to, whether they want to or not.

So here are three charts which back up pretty much everything Machogu is campaigning for, and which show just how disgusting the BBC article is:

Quite why Africans should be denied just a few of the benefits we in the West do is something only the BBC can answer.

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Westfieldmike
June 19, 2024 2:08 pm

The deniers are the ones who deny that the planet is fine.

June 19, 2024 7:18 pm

From the ‘scientists have proven’ link, it says:

individuals can also help:

I doubt the average South-West Kenyan could use most of these suggestions as they don’t have them.

How many at the BBC are following those suggestions or only make token efforts then feel justified in taking virtually everything away from the less fortunate?

Michael S. Kelly
June 20, 2024 2:41 am

One can judge the degree of disinformation in the BBC piece by this sentence (not quoted above*): “The 29-year-old Mr Machogu claims, without evidence, that he was born in Kenya.”

  • Not quote above in part because it didn’t appear in the BBC piece.
June 20, 2024 3:19 pm

A question for the BBC. If Jusper Machogu denies climate change then which climate is he denying? The BBC always pontificate about stopping the climate changing but Africa has about 23 (see below). Which one has changed and what new climate has it changed into?

African-Climates