{"id":252890,"date":"2023-04-14T16:57:54","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T14:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=252890"},"modified":"2023-04-14T16:59:31","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T14:59:31","slug":"bbc-admit-to-using-fake-image-but-dont-apologise-not-a-lot-of-people-know-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=252890","title":{"rendered":"BBC Admit To Using Fake Image\u2013But Don\u2019t Apologise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"451\" data-attachment-id=\"252898\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=252898\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00Screenshot-2023-04-14-165711.png?fit=896%2C559&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"896,559\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00Screenshot-2023-04-14-165711\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00Screenshot-2023-04-14-165711.png?fit=723%2C451&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00Screenshot-2023-04-14-165711.png?resize=723%2C451&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-252898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00Screenshot-2023-04-14-165711.png?w=896&amp;ssl=1 896w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00Screenshot-2023-04-14-165711.png?resize=300%2C187&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/00Screenshot-2023-04-14-165711.png?resize=768%2C479&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">from <a href=\"http:\/\/NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT\">NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#e81515\" class=\"has-inline-color\">The BBC have finally got round to admitting that the image below was fake:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"252893\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=252893\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0image-42.png?fit=713%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"713,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0image-42\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0image-42.png?fit=713%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0image-44.png?resize=300%2C101&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0image-44.png?resize=768%2C259&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/contact\/ecu\/the-man-who-first-discovered-plastic-in-the-ocean-bbccouk\">https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/contact\/ecu\/the-man-who-first-discovered-plastic-in-the-ocean-bbccouk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even then they brazenly say that nobody would havbe been misled, and that replacing the misleading image a day later was sufficient, even though millions would have only seen the fake image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No doubt, the editor of the story would have got off scot-free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Utterly disgraceful!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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