Here’s a prescient recent “Tweet” of mine to United States Representative Dana Rohrabacher:
Haven't you seen the videos @DanaRohrabacher? Ever thought of penning an op-ed in a UK broadsheet? http://t.co/MYQIN7Vqem CC @caerbannog666
— Jim Hunt (@jim_hunt) February 20, 2015
Two days later a UK broadsheet did indeed publish an article I feel sure Rep. Rohrabacher would approve of. Later the same morning BBC Radio 4 News reported on that article with apparent approval. For the backstory on all this please follow the first link below. Please read on for the text of my maximum 1500 character written complaint to the Beeb!
Us:
I have already spoken to Rachel about this via telephone, but she couldn’t give me a reference number or include a URL along with my complaint, so for completeness:
BBC Radio 4 News at 7 AM on Sunday February 22nd 2015 discussed the morning newspapers. The Observer’s story about Ed Miliband’s appointment of John Prescott as his “climate change advisor” was mentioned. This was followed by a reference to Christopher Booker’s article in The Telegraph. For chapter & verse please see my article at:
https://greatWhiteCon.info/2015/02/the-greatest-scandal-in-the-history-of-science/
and then follow all the links. In brief, as assorted readers over there put it:
“Why do people like Christopher Booker keep getting away with this kind of bullshit? There must be some kind of fine for lying and misleading so blatantly.”
“Hard to believe the BBC can give any credence to such nonsense. I was really shocked and phoned BBC to complain”
or as I summarised my conversation with Rachel:
“The BBC’s apparent belief that Mr. Booker’s article provides some sort of “scientific balance” to Ed Miliband’s remarks about the need for UK plc to up its “climate change” game is so utterly ludicrous that words totally fail me.”
By way of explanation for my disbelief, please see this elementary explanation of the underlying science that I sent to Mr. Booker and his editors 2 weeks previously:
https://greatWhiteCon.info/2015/02/a-letter-to-the-editor-of-the-sunday-telegraph/
Read those links too.
Them:
Dear Mr. Hunt
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Dear Mr Hunt
Thank you for contacting us regarding Radio 4’s “News and Papers” as broadcast on 22 February.
We understand you feel that the article by Christopher Booker in the Sunday Telegraph that was referred to is not a counter balance to Ed Miliband’s views on climate change as you believe it to be scientific nonsense.
We aim to provide the information which will enable listeners to make up their own minds; to show the political and scientific reality and provide the forum for debate. There is broad scientific agreement on the issue of climate change and we reflect this accordingly; however, we do aim to ensure that we also offer time to the dissenting voices.
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Kind regards
David Glenday
BBC Complaints
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We’ll keep you posted!