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BBC Trust to Review Science Coverage Amid Claims of Bias
The BBC’s governing body has launched a major review of its science coverage after complaints of bias notably in its treatment of climate change.
The BBC Trust today announced it would carry out the probe into the ‘accuracy and impartiality’ of its output in this increasingly controversial area.
The review comes after repeated criticism of the broadcaster’s handling of green issues. It has been accused of acting like a cheerleader for the theory that climate change is a man-made phenomenon.
Critics have claimed that it has not fairly represented the views of sceptics of the widely-held belief that humans are responsible for environmental changes such as global warming.
The investigation will also focus on coverage of issues like genetically modified foods, the MMR vaccine and the way it reports on new technologies.
It will scrutinise the way the BBC has handled scientific findings on areas which affect ‘public policy’ and are ‘matters of political controversy’.
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Daily Mail: ‘BBC Trust to review science coverage amid claims of bias over climate change, MMR vaccine and GM foods’
January 7th, 2010 at 7:56 am
[...] BBC Trust to Review Science Coverage Amid Claims of Bias [...]
January 7th, 2010 at 7:57 am
As global warming activists are starting to notice their lack of credibility, they begin to show signs of impartiality and a desire to correct past wrongs, so that when the next opportunity to become partisan activists comes along, they will have credibility, until they are again proven to be partisan activists.
January 7th, 2010 at 7:46 pm
That whole global warming protest is never going to pull off anything. Kyoto didn’t even succeed