BBC's biased reporting of Global Warming

[michael32]

None of this foolish debate will matter when the impending total economic collapse happens. Society as you know it will come to an end and billions will die in the fire. You will be killing your neighbors over canned goods and the internet will only be a useless memory in the fight for survival. I only pray the Lord will forgive us for what we will have to do to survive and procreate.

WOW!

 

[TemperateSeaIsland]

None of this foolish debate will matter when the impending total economic collapse happens. Society as you know it will come to an end and billions will die in the fire. You will be killing your neighbors over canned goods and the internet will only be a useless memory in the fight for survival. I only pray the Lord will forgive us for what we will have to do to survive and procreate.

Good job I've been practicing then.

 

[Skaloop]

None of this foolish debate will matter when the impending total economic collapse happens. Society as you know it will come to an end and billions will die in the fire. You will be killing your neighbors over canned goods and the internet will only be a useless memory in the fight for survival. I only pray the Lord will forgive us for what we will have to do to survive and procreate.

So in this proposed future of economic collapse, a lack of food, and violence towards neighbours just to survive, you think bringing more kids into existence under those circumstances is a good thing?

 

[Louis Cyphere]

So in this proposed future of economic collapse, a lack of food, and violence towards neighbours just to survive, you think bringing more kids into existence under those circumstances is a good thing?

The survival of the species and the word of the Lord is important, especially for those that live through the apocolypse.

 

[Gishin]

Says the guy named after Lucifer's alias. XD

 

[rambot]

None of this foolish debate will matter when the impending total economic collapse happens. Society as you know it will come to an end and billions will die in the fire. You will be killing your neighbors over canned goods and the internet will only be a useless memory in the fight for survival. I only pray the Lord will forgive us for what we will have to do to survive and procreate.

I think we can all agree this is hilarious.

The example I think of that is of very immediate concern, is the federal regulations of nuclear power use that essential killing the industry. Now we have to reconsider nuclear power as one source of alternative energy.

I think that was more a PR battle that has shuffled nuclear to the bottom of the pile. Events like Chernobyl, rightly or wrong, are pretty big impactors on the public.

 

[interpreter]

What is wrong with BBC reporting? 2010 tied 2005 for the hottest year on record, and the ten hottest years have all occured since 1998.

What gets me is how some Christians can be global warming deniers when it is prophesied in their Bible:

"Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and power was given to him to scorch men with fire. And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him glory." (Rev. 16:8-9)

 

[jsn112]

Note: I'm not actually making that claim. I'm using the exaggerated claim to illustrate a point....
You realize that though right?

It's a shame you didn't really read the article (which speaks to a CLEAr trend in GW). If you had, you'd realize that the scientist doesn't really say what the article title states. If the scientist (and more importantly, the journalist) wouldn't have had to pander to the readership, we could have seen something akin to scientific information being put forward.
Also, given how Brits have bellyached about snow storms in recent years, I found this quote to be disturbingly accurate:


Michael:
Interesting sentiment. Where do you still see potential holes in the ACC "story" and what kind of evidence would you need to see to be convinced?

I guess you're a genius in figuring out what people are thinking or reading now, huh? Is that the next challenge after global warming? You are blind since day one and not know it. You shamelessly looked the other way on the faux data and the incriminating emails, that is why there's no way you can ever be convinced. You think the weather is static annually? What about in 10 years? How about 100 years? Or 1000 years? Do you think CO2 is the cause the ending of the ice age? You probably don't even know that methane is 20 times worse than CO2 and it stays in the atmosphere much, much longer before dispersing into space. But you are soooo sure CO2 is THE cause when it stays in the atmosphere for a day or two vs. 20 days for methane. It only shows you're not objective and very narrow minded. If you're so sure global warming is man-made, then you're contributing to it every single day.

 

[Greatcloud]

Good job jsn112, tell it like it is.

Margret Thatcher pushed man caused global warming in the eighties, she threw money at it to get control over the oil companies.
So that is a man caused crisis caused by mankind that never existed. We like sheep are just traveling down the path of bad science with it all mapped out for us ,only it was all contrived by Thatcher, incredible!

 

[David Brider]

British Broadcasting Company, commercial free due to the revenue generated from the TV Tax.

I lived in England for 2 years.

British Broadcasting Corporation, actually. Hasn't been "Company" since 1926.

This video sums up everything anyone really needs to know about the BBC.

YouTube - MITCH BENN - I'M PROUD OF THE BBC

David.

 

[Gishin]

Got me.

 

[Greatcloud]

It was in relationship to Global Warming that the BBC is prejudgiced.

 

[David Brider]

It was in relationship to Global Warming that the BBC is prejudiced.

Well, that's certainly the allegation that's been made.

Whether there's any basis to the allegation is another thing entirely.

Seems to me the BBC is just reporting the facts.

David.

 

[michael32]

Well, that's certainly the allegation that's been made.

Whether there's any basis to the allegation is another thing entirely.

Seems to me the BBC is just reporting the facts.

David.

That would be..."selectively" reporting the facts.

Yes, BBC was biased: Director General Mark Thompson admits a 'massive' lean to Left

BBC's bias in not only political, but that colors most of their reporting.

 

[David Brider]

Good job jsn112, tell it like it is.

Margret Thatcher pushed man caused global warming in the eighties, she threw money at it to get control over the oil companies.

I'm not sure Thatcher had an environmentally-minded bone in her body.

So that is a man caused crisis caused by mankind that never existed. We like sheep are just traveling down the path of bad science with it all mapped out for us ,only it was all contrived by Thatcher, incredible!

Sorry, AGW was all contrived by Thatcher? It's not really happening at all? Is that really what you're saying?

David.

 

[David Brider]

That would be..."selectively" reporting the facts.

Yes, BBC was biased: Director General Mark Thompson admits a 'massive' lean to Left

BBC's bias in not only political, but that colors most of their reporting.

Three important words in that interview - "in the past". Thirty years in the past, to be precise.

So not really relevant to current reporting on Climate Change.

David.

 

[mzungu]

First of all climate change is a natural cycle on Earth. What global warming says to us is that man's activities have accelerated this change and instead of the natural cycle reaching an equilibrium at say +2 degrees centigrade world wide increase; our activities may push that up to and above + 6 degrees centigrade with catastrophic results.

Since records have been kept, we have a direct correlation starting from the industrial revolution up till today of Co2 levels to average global temperature. This is not rocket science but common sense that the more greenhouse gasses released the higher the temperature will rise.

I fail to see why the deniers refuse to accept the data. Sure; Anyone can claim that the data is has errors but, overall the results are totally pointing to a global warming trend.

 

[michael32]

Three important words in that interview - "in the past". Thirty years in the past, to be precise.

So not really relevant to current reporting on Climate Change.

David.

It's very relevant.

The thirty years the Director refers to is the thirty years he's been with the BBC, a period of time, BTW, over which the global warming issue has been framed by overly zealous environmentalists and biased news organizations in apocalyptic terms.

He did indicate that the "current crop of young journalists" were different - for which we should be grateful - but BBC bias did not suddenly stop thirty years ago.

"The BBC has long been accused of being institutionally biased towards the Left, and an internal report from 2007 said it had to make greater efforts to avoid liberal bias."

 

[David Brider]

It's very relevant.

The thirty years the Director refers to is the thirty years he's been with the BBC, a period of time, BTW, over which the global warming issue has been framed by overly zealous environmentalists and biased news organizations in apocalyptic terms.

I thought it had been framed in terms of, "mankind is screwing up the planet, how about we stop screwing it up and do what we can to reverse the damage we've done?". What do you regard as "apocalyptic terms"? Why do you regard framing the AGW issue in such terms as the domain of "over zealous environmentalists and biased news organisations"? What about the non-zealous environmentalist and the non-biased news organisations? What about the climate scientists? Are they being apocalyptic?

He did indicate that the "current crop of young journalists" were different - for which we should be grateful - but BBC bias did not suddenly stop thirty years ago.

"The BBC has long been accused of being institutionally biased towards the Left, and an internal report from 2007 said it had to make greater efforts to avoid liberal bias."

What exactly does liberal bias (or lack thereof) have to do with accurate reporting on issues of climate change?

David.

 

[mzungu]

All in all; BBC documentaries give credit where credit is due. I am fed up of watching documentaries that have been privately sponsored and credit is not given to the ones who deserve it. An example is The history of ...... If it is computers then one will think that IBM invented computers and they invented the very idea etc. Or if it is about electricity then Americans invented Electricity etc. There is almost no mention of the historical figures involved in the pertinent inventions. Not so with the BBC; They don't care who invented something be he Chinese, Russian, French, American etc.

BBC documentaries make the rest look like amateur efforts!