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Surprise! BBC Criticised for Exaggerating the Threat of Global Warming to Oceans in Documentary
The programme Britain’s really disgusting food: Fish has been accused of pushing scientific “cheap sensationalism” by fisherman and the seafood industry.
The documentary, the third in the ‘disgusting food’ series, featured BBC presenter Alex Riley investigating the seafood industry.
Shown on BBC One last week, the programme contained “wilful factual errors” including the assertion that there will be no fish left in the sea in fifty years time, according to campaigners.
James Wood, from Seafish, the industry body which is sponsored by four UK government fisheries departments to promote good quality and sustainable seafood, said: “World fish supply has been boringly stable for the last 35 years”.
The organisation claims that despite countless phone calls to producers who were made aware that cod stocks in the North Sea have increased by 40 per cent since 2000, BBC producers chose to “ignore the facts”.
Mr Wood said: “The BBC took note of all of these facts, and then chose to ignore them in favour of cheap sensationalism and the carefully-worded hyperbole of campaigning NGOs.”
The Daily Telegraph: BBC criticised for scientific ‘cheap sensationalism’
February 3rd, 2010 at 11:44 am
Hmm. You’re not supposed to eat imported foods there in the UK because of the high carbon footprint. The BBC would like you to refrain from fish, based on what you’ve written above. And beef is definitely out of the question since cattle produce vast amounts of methane. Your menu options are decreasing very fast.