{"id":243169,"date":"2023-02-04T11:37:28","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T10:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=243169"},"modified":"2023-02-04T11:37:29","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T10:37:29","slug":"reuters-supports-climate-change-partisan-why-and-is-coverage-compromised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=243169","title":{"rendered":"Reuters Supports Climate Change Partisan; Why, And Is Coverage Compromised?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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by\u00a0Neil Winton<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0February 2, 2023\u00a0in\u00a0wintonsblog<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Reuters Supports Climate Change Partisan; Why, And Is Coverage Compromised?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cSince when did Reuters require an outside organisation to advise it on how to report on controversial issues?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Reuters, the global news agency, has been accused in a new book* of joining an organisation which is dedicated to presenting a partisan view of climate change, and silences those who dare to disagree by activating the obnoxious \u201cdenier\u201d assertion. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Declaration of interest. I worked for Reuters for 32 years \u2013 4 years as Science & Technology Correspondent reporting on global warming-\u2013 see my output on climate change: climate-change-an-alternative-view-but-backed-by-top-experts<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The organisation, Covering Climate Now (CCN) (CoveringClimateNow.org), has a formidable list of media supporters, with Reuters at the very top of the list. But anyone who abuses people with \u201cclimate denier\u201d or \u201cclimate change denier\u201d charges, betrays the fact they know little about climate science, or are too lazy to do their own research. They are more interested in forcing their views on the public and silencing debate.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The argument is not about \u201cif\u201d the climate is warming. It\u2019s about \u201cwhy\u201d
<\/strong>These zealots, and there are some very high-profile ones in politics and academia, say the science is decided and indisputable. This is untrue. Those opposing the warmists don\u2019t doubt the climate is changing. Everybody knows the global climate has been gradually, and occasionally erractically, warming since the last ice age 10,000 years ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the ugly \u201cdenier\u201d label makes no sense. It\u2019s just abuse, designed to shut down argument, with nasty echoes of holocaust denial. The argument is not about \u201cif\u201d the climate is warming. It\u2019s about \u201cwhy\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warmists say all of the increase is down to the impact of man, others say it\u2019s smaller, and there are some who say it is entirely natural. Reporting on climate change should routinely include views to balance the story. Those that say the science is settled are wrong. It\u2019s hard to believe Reuters has signed up to this, and what it hoped to achieve. After my comment was posted its The Baron website, silence reigned. Why hasn\u2019t it explained itself?\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Since when did Reuters require an outside organisation to advise it on how to report on controversial issues?
<\/strong>I\u2019m surprised Reuters hasn\u2019t responded to this claim yet, because this book will likely have a high profile. It\u2019s not as though it\u2019s saloon bar tittle-tattle. It\u2019s there, firmly on the record and raises the question \u2013 since when did Reuters require an outside organisation to advise it on how to report honestly and thoroughly on controversial issues?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The book accused Reuters (and many others including Bloomberg) of agreeing to add misleading or erroneous background to stories about, for example, hurricanes. \u201cRemember, an extreme weather story that doesn\u2019t mention climate change is incomplete and potentially even inaccurate\u201d. Or \u201cthis comes at a time when human-caused climate change is consistently making storms more intense\u201d. The author, Ross Clark, a freelance journalist working for The Telegraph, Daily Mail and The Spectator among others, said any reporter who bothered to do their own research would soon find this is contested by historical data to say the least. (This might help \u2013 headline-climate-science-built-on-shifting-sands-book-review<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Does the Reuters style guide now demand its reporters follow these instructions?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These accusations go straight to the heart of Reuters\u2019 DNA, which the last time I looked (admittedly 20+ years ago!) demanded fair, balanced and honest reporting. CCN knows better? CCN claims to be dedicated to more and better reporting about climate change, and on its front page says \u201cResources\u00a0briefings, and tips to help report all angles of the climate story\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Not a thing Reuters should be associated with, surely?
<\/strong>If you dig deeper though you\u2019ll find it uses weasel words only too familiar to those like me who\u2019ve striven to provide real honesty and balance to the argument. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It reveals itself as just another arrogant, warmist outfit dedicated to shutting down those with whom it disagrees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not a thing Reuters should be associated with, surely?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CCN offers this advice.\u00a0\u201c10. For God\u2019s sake,\u00a0do not platform climate denialists<\/strong>.\u00a0(my bold) We understand as well as anyone that opinion pages occasionally need to push the envelope with unpopular takes. But there is no longer any good faith argument against climate science \u2014 and if one accepts the science, one also accepts the imperative for rapid, forceful action. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Op-eds that detract from the scientific consensus, or ridicule climate activism, don\u2019t belong in a serious news outlet.\u201d says CCN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Last chance saloon; unless we listen the earth will die
<\/strong>Let\u2019s be clear what this means exactly. The idea that the science is settled won\u2019t last long if a reporter can be bothered to use Google. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A quick interrogation of\u00a0sepp.org<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0will reveal scores if not hundreds of highly qualified climate scientists who beg to differ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The truth is, the science is far from decided, although the likes of CCN have convinced themselves that it is cast in concrete, and they are determined to silence dissenters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They justify this by saying this is the last chance saloon and unless we listen to them the earth will die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a huge amount of highly educated scientific opinion with the likes of Messrs Lindzen, Curry, Koonin and many, many more who are ignored by the mainstream media because this campaign to silence dissent has been so successful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Does Reuters ignore experts if\u00a0they\u2019ve been labelled\u00a0\u201cdeniers\u201d?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Surely Reuters shouldn\u2019t be a part of this. Its traditional principles of fairness truth and balance suffice, surely?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve asked CCN and Reuters, these questions. So far they haven\u2019t responded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCCN \u2013 What is the nature of your dealings with Reuters and Bloomberg? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Were there talks between you and Reuters\/Bloomberg etc to thrash out a general approach to climate change reporting? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During my tenure in \u201890s the watchword always was balance, truth and fairness above all else.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you all agreed to be more partisan? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If so, what were the grounds for that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And to Reuters \u2013 Why are you associated with CCN? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you insist your reporters follow its guidance? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who decided that this was a good idea, and when?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So far, I\u2019ve not heard a response from either CCN or Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n

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*\u201dNot Zero \u2013 How An Irrational Target Will Impoverish You, Help China (and Won\u2019t Even Save the Planet\u201d published by Forum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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