Thursday, September 6, 2007

MORE FOLLOWUP ON THE BBC DROPPING THE AL GORE CLIMATE CHANGE SPECIAL ON GLOBAL WARMING.........

BBC drops climate change special


"The growing trend towards celebrity-driven, single-issue campaigns presents the BBC with impartiality dilemmas, particularly in entertainment areas dealing with factual material," it said, adding that the BBC must learn from the Live 8 situation when it covers such events in future."

The BBC's coverage of Al Gore's Live Earth concert in July proved a flop with viewers. It averaged just 2.7 million viewers across five hours from 5.30pm on BBC1, compared with an average of nearly 9 million for the Diana memorial concert a week earlier.


http://media.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,330685504-105236,00.html

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