Or, equally, another from 'not all that is green can be viewed in black and white'.
The breaking news the BBC wouldn't tell
I do confess that I am finding science, and logic, take rather lower fiddle ranks to agenda and ratings-driven hype.
By any measure I would rather this job was done in an accredited yard for good money, rather than by a bunch of kids cheap on a distant beach.
As to this... 'In 2004 Liam Sheahan of Ready Creek, Victoria, famously lost $100,000 when he was prosecuted for felling 247 trees to protect his property. Last week his house was the only one in the area left standing.' Head-shaking is not enough. I guess he got a form of refund in that he still has a home. In this era of sorry folk left right and centre, I'm betting even an apology will be hard to screw out of those responsible.
In the frame of mind to wonder what else I am told, or not, just watching the Breakfast News, this cranked an eyebrow:
BBC - Global warming 'underestimated'
I dread to think what lies behind such stuff any more (This is 'a' scientist, and a few other blogs I read have pointed out that his area of expertise is not really in this area, yet I am sure he was introduced as 'a leading climate change expert'). Especially as, irony-free, it was followed by this spot, with the teleprompter readers and their guest pretty much agreeing it was awful, and people better fly now or lose out:
BBC - Flyers face losing their Airmiles
And in closing, here's one from the other day, just to put what the world faces in some kind of context:
Telegraph - China's rescue plan a load of spin?
Addendum:
The Register - Thermageddon, the BBC and a giant snake
Addendum :
Guardian - Scientists must rein in misleading climate change claims - Read beyond the headline (which rather neatly makes a point in its framing). Indeed, read beyond the article. Woah! I'm glad I just try and help reduce waste.
Guardian - The tropics on fire: scientist's grim vision of global warming - Same paper; same day.
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