The BBC is getting itself in a huge hole over its coverage of climate change – and it does not seem to see the need to stop digging. The danger comes from self-censorship. Which editor now is going to invite Lord Lawson or even Prof Bob Carter on to their programmes in the certain knowledge that they are likely to be criticised and perhaps have time-consuming complaints upheld against them? As Lord Lawson argues, surely correctly, he has, in effect, been banned by the BBC. It is an easy thing to judge. Let’s see when he next appears in the climate change context. --Raymond Snoddy, MediaTel, 9 July 2014
