Why not let viewers decide for themselves? There was so much stock footage of burning forests, hurricanes, melting ice, etc. Coupled with the sinister music, it made it highly ironic that the BBC called the programme ‘Bush’s climate of fear’. It seems like it was the BBC that was itself selling fear.

BTW – I read up on Rick Piltz – was I correct in thinking that the BBC portrayed him as a climate scientist who resigned because non-scientists were editing reports? Well, guess what – he’s not a scientist either.

And there was no mention — or correction of the reference to Paul O’Neil. The Beeb went out of its way to mention that he worked for manufacturing giant Alcoa, but did not even mention that his (2nd) replacement (Paulson) is a huge environmentalist. He is the chairman of the Nature Conservancy. How can they mention O’Neil without remarking on Paulson? Amazing. Maybe you could say that it was near their production deadline, but I guarantee if the replacement was an oil man, the BBC would have found the energy to add that fact.

Anyway, I thought the BBC really missed a chance to look at the facts and ended up with a fluff piece that surely discredits their news department.