Climate crimes have perpetrators. They also have facilitators. The BBC is still facilitating misleading propaganda. That's the opposite of a public service.
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As usual, it's lions led by donkeys. The BBC has some excellent frontline workers, such as @RHarrabin and @BBCJustinR. But among senior decision-makers, there seems to be a disastrous combination of scientific illiteracy and the appeasement of powerful interests.
When you look at the way the BBC reports the livestock industry, you find that nothing has been learnt. In this case, it's not even both-sidesing the issue: livestock farmers and their lobbyists have a clear run. If the BBC were any keener on sheep, it would be illegal.
It's as if the BBC's reporting of the oil industry consisted of: "let's follow these tough, brave oil drillers as they battle nature on our behalf - aren't they romantic?", ignoring the environmental impacts, ostracising people seeking to put the other side of the story.
That's the way the BBC handles livestock farming. It doesn't pretend even to attempt balance, let alone impartiality.
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