On Nov 20, 8:07 pm, Alastair wrote:
On 20 Nov, 14:52, Weatherlawyer wrote:



On Nov 20, 2:21 pm, Alastair wrote:

You can get a preview of tonight's volcano program here, but it's not
for the global warming sceptics.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/new...7103300/710330...

Quite.
A series of articles on The Register describe how the BBC has lost its
way. For instance:

It repeatedly puts reporters in front of fast-dripping glaciers or
spreading deserts and gets them to express their personal shock, awe,
loss, and disgust. Then, back in the studio, a gnarled "sceptic" may
occasionally be wheeled on to show that the Beeb still gives a voice
to Creatures From Another Planet.

What we need from the BBC is dispassionate enquiry, objective facts,
and dispassionate presentation of those facts.

Instead, we get dumbed-down moral absolutes, far-out footage, and a
sprinkling of "balance". Nobody at the BBC says this is the strategy;
but BBC News, in particular, applies it with the utmost vigour.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11...impartiality/p...

Dr Iain Stewart is a geologist not a reporter. But if you are not
willing to listen to what a geologist has to say about the climate of
the past then the program is not for you. Why don't you write to
Radio 4's Feedback program if all you want to do is whinge about the
BBC?

Oh he's a geologist is he?

That means what, exactly?