Lindsay Abrams writes for Salon:
Good news for viewers of BBC News: You’ll no longer be subjected to the unhinged ravings of climate deniers and other members of the anti-science fringe. In a report published Thursday by the BBC Trust, the network’s journalists were criticized for devoting too much airtime (as in, any airtime) to unqualified people with “marginal views” about non-contentious issues in a misguided attempt to provide editorial balance.
It sounds like the BBC is going to be more responsible in all its science coverage, which is good news. Blogs, especially, repeatedly make hash out of scientific studies. (And no, we are not innocent in this.) Not every reporter needs to be a trained scientist, but we all could be a lot less histrionic and a lot more thoughtful in our coverage of scientific issues.
I’d expect nothing less from the Big Brother Corporation (former employee Eric Blair’s loving euphemism for them), who operates under a Royal Charter and collects it’s TV licensing fees through fear and intimidation. Could you imagine if Fox news did this?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfHRhXW1hn…