The BBC make a very good example of how The Mythology of Man-Made Global Warming is perpetuated by a media machine bent on a blind political agenda rather than delivering reliable information.I have brought this up here before (Aug 2009 'BBC Policy to Stifle Global Warming Science Critics'), with reference to accusations from celebrated botanist David Bellamy and retired BBC news anchor man Peter Sissons, and here we find this obvious corruption of broadcasting again illustrated clearly in the article below which comes interestingly enough from a Blogger at http://www.biased-bbc.blogspot.com./in reference to the BBC's latest attempt to explain away Britains coldest winter in many years.
carbonman 16/01/2010
David Shukman on weather and climate
Thursday, January 07, 2010
Following yesterday's item aimed at making sure the kids are still on message about MMGW, today we had Newsround for grown-ups. In a report which aired on the 6 pm news on both BBC 1 and Radio 4 this evening, David Shukman explained:
"The key thing is that there's a difference between the weather and the climate. The weather's what you get day by day, month by month, like this cold spell. But the climate is the kind of weather you get over a thirty year period, and that's what the scientists say is changing."
He was a little less clear about any distinctions back in May 2008 when he reported on a dry spell affecting Spain:
In a year that so far ranks as Spain's driest since records began 60 years ago, the reservoir is currently holding as little as 18% of its capacity - at a time of year when winter rains would usually have provided an essential boost by now...
And it may also remind people of the forecasts from climate scientists of still drier conditions to come in the approaching decades.
As soon as Shukman left the area, it rained. A lot. From the Guardian, 7 June 2008:
After months of the worst drought for 60 years, Spain has experienced the wettest May since 1971; it rained on 18 days of the month. Heavy rains have continued into June, which is rare during the Spanish summer...
In Catalonia, the worst affected area, reservoirs whose levels had been reduced to only 20% are now nearly half full.
A proposed water pipeline, cited by Shukman as evidence of the changing climate, was cancelled. From New Europe, 16 June 2008:
The Spanish government recently cancelled a controversial plan to build a 62-kilometre pipeline to divert water from the river Ebro in the Tarragona region to the Catalan capital Barcelona, Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega said. There was no longer the situation of "extraordinary necessity" that had prompted the plan, Vega said.
If Shukman did a follow-up pointing any of this out, I can't find it online.
Here are some images from his May 2008 report. This, remember, was explained with reference to climate change:
The blogger states (via Google Translate):
This year the Sau had a significant level in the water, exposing only the latest instalment of the famous bell tower of the church of Sant Romà de Sau.
As far as the BBC is concerned, some weather events are more climate change than others.
Update 8 January 10.40am. The BBC School Report website offers children the benefit of David Shukman's top ten tips for reporting the environment. In tip 7 Shukman tells the kids:
If it's about a drought, stand in a dried-out reservoir.
If the drought then suddenly ends, thus undermining your narrative, don't worry - just move on to the next alarmist story.
Best of all is this sentence from tip 9:
You're an ambassador for common-sense in a world of spin.
Who knew Shukman had such a sense of humour? (Hyphenating "common sense" in that context isn't setting a very good example to budding journalists, though.)
http://biased-bbc.blogspot.com/2010/01/david-shukman-on-weather-and-climate.html
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