tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post1118655637019743413..comments2024-03-23T09:47:39.612+00:00Comments on alan sloman's big walk: IMPARTIALITY AND OUR BBC…Alan Slomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17966543499033330765noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-38600879522741055442011-04-26T17:22:27.522+01:002011-04-26T17:22:27.522+01:00That should be an eye-opener for future journalist...That should be an eye-opener for future journalists by mr.Sissons.<br /><br />Alan,did you type the whole story or did you use modern technology ?Theohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15804740062184471837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-36146099828971540192011-04-26T08:44:28.551+01:002011-04-26T08:44:28.551+01:00Frontpage of BBC Scotland website this morning:
h...Frontpage of BBC Scotland website this morning:<br /><br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/scotland/<br /><br />Headline says:<br /><br />'Party Leaders campaign in cities'<br /><br />Note: in cities.<br /><br />Composite picture to illustrate the headline. 1) Worker in a factory; 2) prison guard locking someone up; 3) Two policeman... and yes, in a corner we also get, you guessed it, wind turbines!<br /><br />So there you have it. The voters' concerns in the cities include turbines!<br /><br />The explanation of the choice of turbines is that:<br /><br />"Alex Salmond will unveil SNP plans for all Scotland's electricity to be met from renewable energy by 2020."<br /><br />Talk about longest suicide note in history springs to mind...Andy B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-39268072865170363872011-04-26T00:50:28.567+01:002011-04-26T00:50:28.567+01:00If Peter Sisson's was a example of journalism,...If Peter Sisson's was a example of journalism, the world would be a far more interesting place. Consensus has no place in Science or in Journalism. They both have to challenge the "fact" and hopefully expose and discover the truth. We are building a world were the Bully reigns supreme. I just worry where it will all end?John Ghttp://windfarmaction.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-38165124937601919592011-04-25T21:47:02.247+01:002011-04-25T21:47:02.247+01:00This should produce a hysterical response from som...This should produce a hysterical response from some green-tinged quarters, I should think.<br />Than God for proper journo's. They're living dangerously, though.Mike Knipehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12792636586674245725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22496677.post-16411082853726045572011-04-25T19:13:44.487+01:002011-04-25T19:13:44.487+01:00Cheers for that, Alan. I had heard interviews abou...Cheers for that, Alan. I had heard interviews about Sissons' book, but have yet to read it.<br /><br />I have been accused of being harsh about the BBC on my own blog, but I am only so critical because I love it. I get every penny of value out of the licence fee, but am annoyed by the quality of many of the programs. I understand that programs cannot be to everyone's taste (I hate Eastenders, but do not besmirch the BBC spending money on it). What I cannot forgive is them giving an hours' broadcasting time to something and doing it terribly.<br /><br />The BBCs political reporting is terrible, and seems to be solely about the reporters making names for themselves (ala Paxman) rather than getting difficult concepts and issues across. They simply use soundbites spoon-fed to them in advance by spin doctors. There is also a definite liberal bias, as apparently also mentioned by Sissons.<br /><br />With a few stellar exceptions (mostly on BBC Three) BBC TV covers science poorly - gone are the days of broadcasting the OU, and the basics of science are dumbed down to a great degree. They go for spectacle rather than education, and the climate debate (if it can be called a debate) is a prime example of this. I cannot remember the last time the BBC broadcast an equation, aside from the excellent 'history of mathematics' series. This is important: sometimes you cannot teach even the basics of science *without* equations.<br /><br />Roger Harrabin's patent bias has annoyed me on several occasions; at others he has done a good job of trying to balance the issues. But he does seem to tend towards a certain viewpoint that I have major problems with (not the least being the fact that he does not seem to be able to explain probability or statistics properly to his readers).<br /><br />As an aside, I am surprised you never became a scientist if you wanted to know "why". I became an engineer precisely because I wanted to know how things worked: scientists asks "why", engineers ask "how". Both are vital :-)David Cottonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17662508558674678268noreply@blogger.com