{"id":339697,"date":"2024-08-15T17:53:48","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T15:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=339697"},"modified":"2024-08-15T17:53:49","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T15:53:49","slug":"lies-damned-lies-and-the-bbcs-climate-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=339697","title":{"rendered":"Lies, Damned Lies, and the BBC\u2019s Climate\u00a0Coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" data-attachment-id=\"339702\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=339702\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1_112080366_p08c03dy.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,576\" 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=\"1_112080366_p08c03dy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1_112080366_p08c03dy.jpg?fit=723%2C407&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1_112080366_p08c03dy.jpg?resize=723%2C407&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-339702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1_112080366_p08c03dy.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1_112080366_p08c03dy.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1_112080366_p08c03dy.jpg?resize=768%2C432&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=\"https:\/\/notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com\/2024\/08\/14\/lies-damned-lies-and-the-bbcs-climate-coverage\/\">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>NZW has published the latest annual review of the BBC\u2019s climate misinformation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"594\" height=\"148\" data-attachment-id=\"339698\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=339698\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-309.png?fit=594%2C148&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"594,148\" 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=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-309.png?fit=594%2C148&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-309.png?resize=594%2C148&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-339698\" style=\"width:760px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-309.png?w=594&amp;ssl=1 594w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-309.png?resize=300%2C75&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">London: 14 August 2024<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bumper crop of stories of BBC climate bias<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Net Zero Watch has just published its annual review of the state of the BBC\u2019s climate reporting. The author, climate and energy writer Paul Homewood, has had plenty of material to choose from, and his paper outlines more than 30 of the most egregious misrepresentations of the facts, with climate change spuriously blamed for everything from hot weather in Spain, sighting of rare bird species in England, to potholes in the roads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul Homewood said:<\/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\">The BBC produces so many ludicrous climate stories, the only difficulty is deciding what to leave out of the report.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Net Zero Watch director Andrew Montford said:<\/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\">If the BBC wants to reverse the ongoing decline in its audience share, and the decline in its reputation as a reliable news source, it is going to have to start taking climate and energy seriously. Employing correspondents who are fanatical environmentalists, and then giving them a free hand, leads to coverage that is superficial at best and misleading at worst. Paul Homewood\u2019s report shows just how bad things have become.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notes for editors<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Tall Climate Tales from the BBC, 2023<\/em>&nbsp;can be&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.netzerowatch.com\/all-papers\/tall-climate-tales-from-the-bbc-2023?ss_source=sscampaigns&amp;ss_campaign_id=66bb675f678d676db1969888&amp;ss_email_id=66bc6bcd97a654379a91533f&amp;ss_campaign_name=Tall+Climate+Tales+from+the+BBC&amp;ss_campaign_sent_date=2024-08-14T08%3A33%3A36Z\">downloaded from the Net Zero Watch website<\/a>.<\/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\/2024\/08\/Homewood-BBC-2023.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of ,Homewood-BBC-2023.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-7074dcec-5a1a-4507-938e-999aea409863\" href=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Homewood-BBC-2023.pdf\">,Homewood-BBC-2023<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Homewood-BBC-2023.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-7074dcec-5a1a-4507-938e-999aea409863\">Herunterladen<\/a><\/div>\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>The BBC produces so many ludicrous climate stories, the only difficulty is deciding what to leave out of the report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":339702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","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_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":[691818389,691830165,691830164,691825591],"class_list":{"0":"post-339697","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-bbc","9":"tag-climate-and-energy","10":"tag-ludicrous-climate-stories","11":"tag-net-zero-watch","13":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1_112080366_p08c03dy.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1qmZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":340061,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=340061","url_meta":{"origin":339697,"position":0},"title":"BBC climate change output blasted as \u2018ludicrous\u2019\u2013GB News","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"19\/08\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"A new report from Net Zero Watch has exposed misinformation and factually incorrect reporting by the BBC on climate change.","rel":"","context":"In \"BBC\"","block_context":{"text":"BBC","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=bbc"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1_112080366_p08c03dy-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1_112080366_p08c03dy-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1_112080366_p08c03dy-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1_112080366_p08c03dy-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":243934,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=243934","url_meta":{"origin":339697,"position":1},"title":"Millions face threat of flooding from glacial lakes\u2013(Or Maybe Not!)","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"09\/02\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"But as ever money talks. 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