Channel 4 ‘did not mislead’ on global warming
Ofcom will rule next week that Channel 4 did not mislead the public over the science of climate change with its programme the Great Global Warming Swindle, according to Owen Gibson in the Guardian this morning.
There is some criticism of Channel 4 and the GGWS programme, produced by Michael Durkin:
Ofcom is expected to censure the network over its treatment of some scientists in the programme… Complaints about privacy and fairness from the government’s former chief scientist, Sir David King, and the Nobel peace prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will be upheld on almost all counts…
But the bigger story is around what Channel 4 won’t be censured for: Read more
It’s Friday: a winner takes all climate question
Ok, hold on to your hat. As La Marguerite said earlier this week, and as Grist has been proving for eons, there’s no reason why we can’t laugh. So, it’s Friday. And here’s one winner-takes-all (the kudos) climate change question for you.
Which of these graphs was actually used in a serious article to help explain climate change impacts? Read more
‘Deniers are a little crazy, you know…’
Two things I picked up off the blogs last night. First this story from the PEW Centre for excellence in journalism: that the New York Times and Wall Street Journal have buried environmental stories. And second, this news clip likening climate change deniers to a drunk crazy guy who got stuck in his toilet. “They’re just a little crazy, you know,” said Fox News Anchor Shep Smith.
