With perfect timing, sceptic blogger
Maurizio Morabito has revealed the list of 28 individuals who attended the BBC climate change seminar in 2006 which lead to their abandoning any pretence at impartiality on the subject. This is the same list that Tony Newbery of
Harmless Sky blog has been battling to get through the Freedom of Information Act. The BBC spent a fortune on high profile lawyers in facing Newbery in court - a lone pensioner who represented himself in court. Andrew Orlowski of the Register has covered in some detail here:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/07/bbc_is_private_go_away/Yet again we find that the sceptic blogosphere is creative, persistence and just can't be ignored.
One of the questions that we need answered now is to get an idea of how much the BBC squandered in fighting FOI requests. How much of our cash was wasted trying to hide a document that had previously been published on the web? Who decided it was so important to keep the list - embarassing because of the paucity of scientific expertise present - secret?
Heads ought to roll - how about some of the BBC attendees:
- George Enwistle
- Helen Boaden
- Peter Rippon
- Steve Mitchell
Funny how those four names are already in the news...
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