By Paul Homewood
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-67875840
The BBC published this just after Storm Henk last week.
I immediately complained that the only place with 90 mph winds was the Needles.
An open and shut case, you might think. Just publish a correction and move on. But this is the BBC we are talking about!
They sent me this response:
Instead of moving on without anybody noticing, they actually dug themselves into an even deeper hole!
My original complaint did not even mention the word “widespread”. Now they claim that 90 mph winds had been recorded in “some regions”.
As we know, this simply is not true.
And, as the original report claimed, 90 mph winds had been “sweeping across some regions”, a claim they have not retracted. “Regions” of course are substantial parts of the country, and “sweeping across” certainly implies large areas of these regions had experienced such winds.
Needless to say, I have taken the complaint to the next level.
But I sometimes wonder whether the Complaints Team, who come up with these responses, actually believe the propaganda they spew? Living in the BBC bubble, and inundated everyday with tales og impending climate doom, maybe the likes of Terry Hughes, who wrote the above response, really do believe that 90 mph winds were sweeping across the country last week.
But the early runner for Joke of the Year must surely be this gem:
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Nevertheless, we can assure you that we would never set out to exaggerate or sensationalise a story and we regret to learn of your disappointment with this piece.
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At least the BBC has a sense of humour!
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