Better to let the lies remain than to draw attention to them.
Mainstream media is silent on errors in flawed climate scare story, says The GWPF.
London, 19 November: The Global Warming Policy Forum today slammed the UK media for its failure to tell readers about errors in a widely reported global warming story.
Media outlets around the world reported new findings that suggested that the world’s oceans were warming faster than previously thought.
However, within days serious errors were found in the underlying scientific paper, prompting its authors to issue a correction.
Several newspapers in the USA, including Science magazine, the Washington Post and the Washington Times have published follow-up stories, outlining the discovery of the error, which entirely negates the earlier headlines.
To date, no UK newspaper, nor the BBC has reported the story, or even issued a correction.
By failing to report these developments and setting the record straight, the BBC is breaking its own guidelines on corrections.
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