According to commenter “will”, Newsnight editor Peter Barron quotes this blog in his weekly email:
One of the consequences of ‘Paxman slams the BBC on climate hyprocrisy’ [Out of date link to original “This is London” article deleted] has been a prominent posting [link] on Biased BBC, a website devoted to pointing out what it sees as the politically-correct institutional group-think of much of the corporation’s output.
This time they weren’t accusing Jeremy of bias – they’ve elevated him to their role [sic] of honour for his honesty in saying: “People who know a lot more than I do may be right when they claim that [global warming] is the consequence of our own behaviour. I assume that this is why the BBC’s coverage of the issue abandoned the pretence of impartiality long ago”
Read more here.
Jeremy Paxman’s comments can be read here.
…their role [sic] of honour…
Good spotting, Natalie. Expect a cheque in the mail now that you’ve helped Barron with the difference between “role” and “roll”.
Or maybe I should be charitable and concede that it could have been a genuine mistake on his part. If not, it’s yet another symptom of the declining standards of the BBC.
Just in case the point has been lost in all the excitement of Paxo admitting that the BBC has “abandoned the pretence of impartiality long ago” on climate change; let’s not forget that the substance of his complaint is that the BBC is being insufficiently fanatical about it, in its daily behaviour. In other words this is another example of the BBC permitting attacks on left wing organisations (in this case itself) – so long as the attack comes from even further left.