Climate of fear

The BBC has taken a lot of flak this weekend from Edinburgh.Firstly Jeremy Paxman,in the equivilent of a verbal machine gunning thinks the corporation could find it difficult to justify its continued license fee funding.Anna Ford then makes a broadshot at the bows saying that there is a climate of fear at the BBC.


Now two of its senior people question its support and promotion of climate change


"Surely it is not the job of the BBC to save the planet?" asks Newsnight's editor Peter Barron,and Head of news Peter Horrocks says

I absolutely don't think we should do that because it's not impartial. It's not our job to lead people and proselytise about it."

The Mail is running a story this morning from the Newsnight editor

According to the paper

The editor of Newsnight hit out yesterday at the BBC's stance on climate change.

Peter Barron said it was "not the corporation's job to save the planet".
He said the BBC was going beyond its remit by planning an entire day of programmes dedicated to highlighting environmental worries.
In remarks that will embarrass his bosses, Mr Barron said: "If the BBC is thinking about campaigning on climate change, then that is wrong and not our job.
"People are understandably interested in this, but it is absolutely not the BBC's job to save the planet. There are a lot of people who think that, but it must be stopped."