BBC tells journalists that IPCC is God, cannot be wrong –”No debate allowed”. By Joanne Nova.
If the IPCC are wrong, the BBC will be the last place to say so.
Carbonbrief has a copy of the BBC new internal guidance on how to report climate change, with Joanne’s comments outside the quotes:
The BBC, one of the world’s largest and most respected news organisations, has issued formal guidance to its journalists on how to report climate change. …
What’s the BBC’s position?
- Man-made climate change exists: If the science proves it we should report it. The BBC accepts that the best science on the issue is the IPCC’s position, set out above.
If only BBC baby-scientist-rulers knew what “proves” means in science. The IPCC can never be “proven” right, though it has been proven wrong, and many times.
- Be aware of ‘false balance’: As climate change is accepted as happening, you do not need a ‘denier’ to balance the debate.
Define “denier”? The original meaning, from 1475, it is to deny a religion. The God has changed but the meaning has not. These guys are supposed to be master communicators — I defy anyone to explain their definition in 25 words or less:
- Although there are those who disagree with the IPCC’s position, very few of them now go so far as to deny that climate change is happening. To achieve impartiality, you do not need to include outright deniers of climate change in BBC coverage, in the same way you would not have someone denying that Manchester United won 2-0 last Saturday. The referee has spoken.
The climate is a soccer game? Geniuses. This could be the tritest reduction of a complex multivariate chaotic system ever. Is climate sensitivity 1, 2 or 4 degrees C? Score 1-nil. The BBC appoints themselves as ultimate umpire in a science debate with only Yes-No answers.
