BBC Wants Evidence of Climate Science Bias 678
Amtiskaw writes "Discussion of climate change is rife with claims and counter-claims of partisanship and bias. Some of the most serious of which being that the scientific community is smothering more skeptical research in the field. Now the BBC is asking for evidence of this self-censorship. From the article:
'Journals are meant to publish the best research irrespective of whether it accepts that the sky is blue, or finds it could really be green ... So the accusations that all is not well at the heart of climate science, and that censorship is rife in organisations which award research grants, the editorial boards of journals and the committees of the IPCC, should be examined seriously.
Readers are asked to submit evidence of bias, which the the BBC will then investigate.'" Actually, the phrase "rife with claims and counter-claims" is making more of the counter-claims then they are; the vast body of the evidence indicates climate change is real; Lomborg is the only serious counter-claimaint that I am aware of.
The Media (Score:2, Funny)
Evidence Will Be Stifled. (Score:5, Funny)
Of course, evidence will be provided. Bias will be shown. And then the Office of Officious Stifling of Problematic Counter-Claims will whip into action, after tea, and promptly stifle the case. Unless, of course, no evidence of bias is presented.
Should no evidence be provided, the Bureau of Studious Demogoguery will fly into the thick of it, again, after tea, and immediately claim that lack of evidence is proof that the OOSPCC pre-stifled the evidence. At which point, the Ministry of Moderated Judgementalism will, uncharacteristically before tea, issue a statement that they will review, ponder, and further investigate the possiblity of a need to issue a further statement at some future date, as yet unspecified, as to whether or not to take the BSD's statement at face value, or have tea.
BBC + Microsoft + Google = Confusing Weather (Score:4, Funny)
NewSpeak (Score:4, Funny)
Duh! Best according to it is GoodFact or BadFact. Remember, debate on the issue is now closed so any fact that doesn't support the Official State Truth is sedition against the State and blasphemy against Mother Gaia's wishes as She has revealed them to Al Gore. Any DoublePlus Ungood traitors trying to undermine the State must be hunted down, marked on a list to be shunned and defunded and if that doesn't solve the problem we will put em in reeducation camps after we decide it is Hatespeech.
Re:The Media (Score:2, Funny)
Sometimes counter arguments don't get presented because they conflict with a neat theory.
Re:The Media (Score:3, Funny)
Thanks for the biggest laugh of the day.
Re: Journalism? (Score:5, Funny)
Nah, the scientists will kidnap the reporters and brainwash them to report that they didn't find a conspiracy.
Moderators (Score:2, Funny)
Re:The key problem (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Journalism? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Journalism? (Score:4, Funny)
For some local definitions of 'basic'.