media watch
commentary on climate change coverage
Written on 30-Apr-2009 by
panokroko Environmental Parliament Demonstration
Channel 4 "to be cleared of breaching Broadcasting Code".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jul/19/channel4.climatechange
Channel 4 to be censured over controversial climate film
Watchdog finds documentary was unfair to scientists but did not mislead viewers
Owen Gibson, media correspondent
The Guardian, Saturday July 19, 2008
Channel 4 misrepresented some of the world's leading climate scientists in a controversial documentary that claimed global warming was a conspiracy and a fraud, the UK's media regulator will rule next week.
"Climate Activist Got BBC to Change 'Global Temperatures Decrease' Article
By Noel Sheppard | April 7, 2008 - 09:59 ET
NewsBusters has just learned that a British "climate activist" was responsible for getting the BBC to radically alter its "Global Temperatures 'To Decrease'" article last Friday."
more at newsbusters.org.
This message from Operation Noah (the Churches' campaign on Climate Change).
It seems that local newspapers are being targetted with letters about The Great Global Warming Swindle.
It seems that they are coming from an extreme right-wing group...
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Subject : [celink] That ch 4 documentary
Look out for letters in your local paper criticising Al Gore's film and praising the Channel 4 Global Warming Swindle.
The letter promotes the offer by the Hampden Trust of a free copy of the Ch 4 programme to show in schools.
As EDM 2711 noted, two opinion polls last year indicated that the public viewed reducing flying and raising aviation tax favourably. They can be read at http://www.ipsos-mori.com/polls/2006/aet.shtml and www.communicateresearch.com/poll.php?id=85. The latter found that 63% of Britons would be prepared to sacrifice one foreign holiday by air travel annually to help save the planet.
Now we have the Mail on Sunday claiming "Cameron's green tax on air travel a massive vote loser". It begins "David Cameron's green tax on air travel risks becoming a massive vote loser for the Tory leader, according to a new poll". The article actually notes that, according to an opinion poll by BPIX, his voting preference ratings were holding up well and he was viewed slightly better for policies on climate change than Labour.
Health warning - this programme not good for your blood pressure.
If you missed it first time around (june 4th)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/5005994.stm
Climate chaos: Bush's climate of fear
A US government whistleblower tells Panorama how scientific reports about global warming have been systematically changed and suppressed. The Bush administration has resisted calls to engage in Kyoto, and has been accused of a systematic campaign of disinformation and harassment against the scientific community - gagging scientists, re-writing major reports, and allowing the oil and coal industries to drive policy.
"Carbon Dioxide... We Call It Life," US TV Ads Say
WASHINGTON - A little girl blows away dandelion fluff as an announcer says, "Carbon dioxide: they call it pollution; we call it life," in an advertisement targeting global warming "alarmists," especially Al Gore.
[reproduced from a Camden FoE email]
Not to be missed:
The BBC presents a series of programmes about climate change and its effects.
Are We Changing Planet Earth?
Wednesday 24 May, 9pm, BBC One
David Attenborough draws on his life-long insights into our planet and presents his personal take on climate change.
Songs of Praise
Sunday 28 May, TBC, BBC One
Sally Magnusson visits an environmental project in Oxford that has made a real difference to the local community, and Wells Cathedral to meet with historian and environmentalist, Martin Palmer, who reveals how a strong relationship with the natural world is an integral part of the Christian tradition.
When it comes to footprints, researchers are developing new ways to assess the impact we are having on the planet. We can look at overall "Ecological Impact" as the World Wildlife Fund do, look at the overall carrying capacity of the biosphere "biocapacity" or "Environmental Footprint" or simply check Greenhouse Gas Emissions in combination with Resource Depletion/Abuse : known as the "Carbon Footprint". As people in the Campaign against Climate Change know very well, the simplest measure of mankind's impact is to count the carbon emissions.
