Archive for January 31st, 2008
China and the BBC Warming Bias
Shameless self-promotion of my “China and the BBC Warming Bias” blog over at the “Omniclimate – The Unbearable Nakedness of CLIMATE CHANGE” site, in which I compare the BBC attitude towards reporting heatwaves vs snowstorms.
Very shortly:
July 2002: Chinese heatwave is caused by “the increase in vehicles on the roads, which raise street temperatures”
One year ago: Warm, dry weather in north China “linked to climate change“ (page is chock-full of climate change links)
Today: “China is struggling to cope with its worst snowfall in decades” (not one climate change link in sight)
They didn’t even care to mention that severe snowstorms have affected the very areas that were experiencing “climate-change-related” drought last year…
For more thoughts on the AGW bias at the BBC:
http://omnograms.wordpress.com/2007/09/07/bbc-the-editors-no-line/
https://omnologos.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/why-is-the-bbc-biased-against-climate-change-sceptics/
http://omnograms.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/letter-to-the-bbc-climate-news-bias-china-vs-argentina/