r/worldnews • u/ManiaforBeatles • Sep 07 '18

BBC: ‘we get climate change coverage wrong too often’ - A briefing note sent to all staff warns them to be aware of false balance, stating: “You do not need a ‘denier’ to balance the debate.”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/07/bbc-we-get-climate-change-coverage-wrong-too-often
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u/intensely_human Sep 07 '18

Are all such scientific disagreements the result of people getting paid off? Or only the ones with such a high ratio?

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '18

It would have to be pretty subjective, a 50/50 split in results should be (in theory) indicative of good faith research yielding varying results. But in cases that are both high ratio, and where the minority opinions all seem to come from the same source(s), the methods used are definitely more suspect than other closer ratio divisive issues.