BBC and global warming

**DodgyAgent** · 12 November 2007, 17:50

And Polar Bears too:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...icle767459.ece

as this article says, those poor cuddly animals ahhh. Until you read this in todays Times:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/com...ts&ATTR=4test1

and things are not quite as some of these people would have us believe

**AtW** · 12 November 2007, 17:52

Originally posted by DodgyAgent View Post

and things are not quite as some of these people would have us believe

True, but then again if you compare them with rec cons...

**NotAllThere** · 12 November 2007, 18:20

I'd have been more impressed with the BBC article if they'd had a similar article going the otherway - i.e. Global Warming Claim - Skeptic's Rebuttal.

I'm so glad I don't pay the license fee.

**threaded** · 12 November 2007, 20:26

Funnily enough I was discussing with a work colleague about the biased reporting on the BBC website.

It truly is getting beyond a joke now.

**sasguru** · 12 November 2007, 20:52

Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post

I'd have been more impressed with the BBC article if they'd had a similar article going the otherway - i.e. Global Warming Claim - Skeptic's Rebuttal.

I'm so glad I don't pay the license fee.

Have you actually read the articles quoted above? The first article presents the for-against case and the second attempts to find out what skeptics really believe (albeit in a biased way).

But in any case, why are you getting your opinions from the press? It is a complex issue and you have to go to the various meta analyses, or even the source studies, to at least get a flavour of the scientific arguments for and against - as opposed to the hot air generated on both sides.

**sasguru** · 12 November 2007, 20:53

Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post

The impartial news service aka the BBC are on a drive to convince the "climate sceptics" (their quotes not mine)

2 new articles in one day

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/629/629/7074601.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7081026.stm

I think the quotes are there to indicate that the term is unprecise.

**sasguru** · 12 November 2007, 21:01

Personally, having spent quite a bit of time on reading the literature, I believe that the evidence tends more towards suggesting that man is affecting (I was going to use effecting, but on reflection that's too strong) climate change by his actions.

But whenever I've tried to present the evidence on here, I just get emotional arguments from people who have not invested the time to do their own reserach, most of which boil down to the theme of "not more tax!". Those are actually 2 quite different issues.

**AtW** · 12 November 2007, 21:13

research

Also - very sexist to say only man affects climate change, cows also do it!

**wendigo100** · 12 November 2007, 22:12

Originally posted by AtW View Post

Also - very sexist to say only man affects climate change, cows also do it!

Alexei, I worry about you. Discriminating against cows might be considered sexist in the Steppe...

BBC and global warming