By Paul Homewood
Clearly the BBC think the public are a bunch of simpletons!
A couple of weeks ago they made this specific claim about polar bears:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgq20qd59yyo
As we know, this is totally untrue, and polar bear numbers have been steadily increasing since the 1960s.
I therefor submitted a complaint to the BBC to this effect. This is their response:
Thanks for getting in touch about the BBC News article ‘Two polar bears kill Canadian worker in rare attack’ (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgq20qd59yyo).
We appreciate you reading the article and taking the time to share your concerns with us.
The focus of the report is on two polar bears killing a Nasittuq employee in the Nunavut territory of northern Canada.
In reporting ‘There are about 17,000 polar bears living in the country – making up around two-thirds of the global population of the species’, this information is attributed to the Canadian government, which states:
‘Canada’s population of polar bear consists of over 17,000 bears, which is two thirds of the estimated global total.’
https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/convention-international-trade-endangered-species/non-detriment-findings/polar-bear.html
According to Arctic WWF, via The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), current global polar bear population is estimated to be in the range of 22-31,000 bears:
https://www.arcticwwf.org/wildlife/polar-bear/polar-bear-population/
It also reports ‘Although most of the world’s 19 populations have returned to healthy numbers, there are differences between them. Some are stable, some seem to be increasing, and some are decreasing due to various pressures.’
Note: the BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites.
Nonetheless, we’re sorry to learn you feel our reporting is inaccurate.
They have not even attempted to address my complaint, or their original statement that the species is in decline.
Instead they have effectively confirmed my contention that polar bears are increasing in numbers.
They obviously think they can just fob people off. They obviously have not learnt their lesson that I don’t get fobbed off that easily!!
Needless to say, my complaint will be escalated to the next stage.
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