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BBC folds, then folds again
Marc Sheppard
American
Thinker
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
The BBC appears to have serially caved-in to global warmist activism.
There was much online discussion this weekend about a Friday BBC
global warming / La Nina related article suddenly changing its
wording and with it -- its apparent balance. Today, news that
an eco-activist has smugly taken credit for coercing the change
has joined the conversation. And I'm now adding my discovery of
a second amending in which a neutrality-vital sentence that survived
the first update has now completely vanished.
The original piece by BBC News environment analyst Roger Harrabin
opened with the words "Global temperatures this year will
be lower than in 2007." But by day's end the lede's start
was changed to "Global temperatures will drop slightly this
year."
Both versions included as a third line:
"This would mean global temperatures have not risen since
1998, prompting some to question climate change theory."
But while the original followed that with:
"But experts have also forecast a record high temperature
within five years, probably associated with another episode
of El Nino."
(Article continues below)
The updated version read:
"But experts say we are still clearly in a long-term warming
trend -- and they forecast a new record high temperature within
five years."
And then added:
"The WMO points out that the decade from 1998 to 2007
was the warmest on record. Since the beginning of the 20th Century,
the global average surface temperature has risen by 0.74C.
"While Nasa [sic], the US space agency, cites 2005 as
the warmest year, the UK's Hadley Centre lists it as second
to 1998.
"Researchers say the uncertainty in the observed value
for any particular year is larger than these small temperature
differences. What matters, they say, is the long-term upward
trend."
What prompted the discussion-altering edit, which -- by the way
-- neglected to update the post's timestamp?
This morning, Jennifer Marohasy of Australia's Institute of Public
Affairs, revealed an exchange between the author and climate alarmist
Jo Abbess she found on the Campaign Against Climate Change message
board. It seems that the CACC board was where Abbess posted a
transcript of her email debate in order to impress her fellow
greenies.
Full
article here.
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INFOWARS:
BECAUSE THERE'S A WAR ON FOR YOUR MIND
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