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| (Unsurprisingly) this hasn't been widely publicised in the press, but amongst all the higher-profile criticisms in the Leveson report, there is also a section looking at "false balance" - where the press give too much space to minority opinions in the misguided pursuit of both sides of a story. Leveson argues that:
"further consideration should be given to the need to provide balanced reporting without giving unjustified credence to minority views," and sites a specific example: The Daily Express's article 100 reasons why global warming is natural which Leveson says "resulted in a misleading and inaccurate piece of science reporting."
(And thanks to Lorna Walker for passing this on.) |
Leveson on climate change reporting