{"id":271006,"date":"2023-08-02T13:00:30","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T11:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=271006"},"modified":"2023-08-02T13:00:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T11:00:33","slug":"bbc-still-playing-fast-and-loose-with-climate-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=271006","title":{"rendered":"BBC still playing fast and loose with climate facts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"723\" data-attachment-id=\"271012\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=271012\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OIG-2023-07-29T140703.693.jpeg?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OIG-2023-07-29T140703.693.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OIG-2023-07-29T140703.693.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OIG-2023-07-29T140703.693.jpeg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OIG-2023-07-29T140703.693.jpeg?resize=800%2C800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OIG-2023-07-29T140703.693.jpeg?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OIG-2023-07-29T140703.693.jpeg?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OIG-2023-07-29T140703.693.jpeg?resize=450%2C450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OIG-2023-07-29T140703.693.jpeg?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OIG-2023-07-29T140703.693.jpeg?resize=550%2C550&amp;ssl=1 550w\" 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=\"https:\/\/www.netzerowatch.com\/\">Net Zero Watch<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"376\" data-attachment-id=\"271007\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=271007\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-47.png?fit=2048%2C1063&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1063\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-47.png?resize=300%2C156&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-47.png?resize=768%2C399&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-47.png?resize=1536%2C797&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-47.png?resize=1200%2C623&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-47.png?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-47.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Net Zero Watch paper outlines corporation\u2019s \u201ctall tales\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new paper from Net Zero Watch shows that the BBC is still misleading its viewers and listeners about the facts of climate change. From sea-level rise to bird migration, from hurricanes to heatwaves, the corporation\u2019s climate narrative is never knowingly bothered by facts, context or nuance.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Author Paul Homewood says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No matter how often the\u00a0BBC get caught playing fast and loose with the climate facts, they never change. They are incorrigible.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Paul Homewood:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.netzerowatch.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/BBC-tall-climate-tales.pdf\">Tall climate tales from the BBC (pdf)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/BBC-tall-climate-tales.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of BBC-tall-climate-tales.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-da1c65cf-5617-4191-9559-f8a65733b1ea\" href=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/BBC-tall-climate-tales.pdf\">BBC-tall-climate-tales<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/BBC-tall-climate-tales.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-da1c65cf-5617-4191-9559-f8a65733b1ea\">Herunterladen<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new paper from Net Zero Watch shows that the BBC is still misleading its viewers and listeners about the facts of climate change. From sea-level rise to bird migration, from hurricanes to heatwaves, the corporation\u2019s climate narrative is never knowingly bothered by facts, context or nuance.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":271012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818389,691821539,691819743,691821540,691818236,691818104],"class_list":["post-271006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bbc","tag-climate-facts","tag-climate-propaganda","tag-ea-level-rise","tag-heatwaves","tag-hurricanes","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OIG-2023-07-29T140703.693.jpeg?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-18v4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":271151,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=271151","url_meta":{"origin":271006,"position":0},"title":"BBC still playing fast and loose with climate\u00a0facts","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"08\/03\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"From sea-level rise to bird migration, from hurricanes to heatwaves, the corporation\u2019s climate narrative is never knowingly bothered by facts, context or nuance.","rel":"","context":"In \"Atlantic hurricane\"","block_context":{"text":"Atlantic hurricane","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=atlantic-hurricane"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OIG-2023-07-29T140703.693-1.jpeg?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OIG-2023-07-29T140703.693-1.jpeg?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OIG-2023-07-29T140703.693-1.jpeg?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OIG-2023-07-29T140703.693-1.jpeg?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":277507,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=277507","url_meta":{"origin":271006,"position":1},"title":"BBC\u2019s Extreme Summer Weather\u00a0Propaganda","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"09\/06\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"As for the hysterical nonsense about flooding, both the El Cordonazo in 1939, and Hurricane Kathleen in 1976, which both followed similar tracks to Hilary, dumped much more rain on Southern California. 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