In a post here I quoted from an article that Jeremy Paxman wrote for Ariel, the BBC’s house magazine:
I have neither the learning nor the experience to know whether the doomsayers are right about the human causes of climate change. But I am willing to acknowledge that people who know a lot more than I do may be right when they claim that it is the consequence of our own behaviour.
I assume that this is why the BBC’s coverage of the issue abandoned the pretence of impartiality long ago. But it strikes me as very odd indeed that an organisation which affects such a high moral tone cannot be more environmentally responsible. [My emphasis]
Jeremy Paxman, Newsnight Homepage 02/02/2007
Although it was Paxman’s admission that that the BBC has taken a position in the climate change debate – and is no longer reporting on this vital topic impartially – that attracted my attention to his article, this revelation was not the main thrust of what he had to say. Hypocrisy at the BBC was what was getting the devastating ‘Paxo’ treatment. Continue reading »
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