The USA Rejects BBC's Climate Change Propaganda

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A very visible sign of how insidious and effective the BBC are with their bias, in this case to do with Climate Change. The 7th episode of a natural history series they have produced has been rejected by the USA, along with 9 other countries, 'where many are hostile to the idea of global warming' - at least the way the BBC portray it.

Shows just how brainwashed we have become in this country.

Climate change episode of Frozen Planet won't be shown in the U.S. as viewers don't believe in global warming

An episode of the BBC's Frozen Planet documentary series that looks at climate change has been scrapped in the U.S., where many are hostile to the idea of global warming.

British viewers will see all seven episodes of the multi-million-pound nature series throughout the Autumn.

But U.S. audiences will not be shown the last episode, which looks at the threat posed by man to the natural world.

It is feared a show that preaches global warming could upset viewers in the U.S., where around half of people do not believe in climate change.

The series of six episodes has been sold to 30 countries, including China, one of the world's biggest polluters.

World TV networks have the option to buy a seventh 'companion' episode, along with behind-the-scenes footage.

Ten of the countries have chosen not to use the final episode on climate change

In the U.S., Frozen Planet is being aired by Discovery. They were involved in the joint-production of the series. Yet they are still refusing to accommodate Frozen Planet in its entirety.

The timing of a one-sided global warming programme could be particularly sensitive in the U.S., where climate change is an issue in the presidential race.

GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry accuses climate scientists of lying for money.

A poll earlier this year found that the majority of Americans believe that if climate change does exist, it is not caused by humans.

Fifty-three per cent of Republicans say there is no evidence of climate change, while the number is far higher among Tea Party supporters, with 70 per cent saying the theory is 'junk science' pushed by groups with a vested interest.

Sir David Attenborough presents and authors the series, the seventh episode of which, entitled 'On Thin Ice', looks at how the planet's ice is changing and what it means not only to the animals and people at the Poles but also the rest of the planet.

A spokesman for the BBC said it would not make sense to force television networks outside the UK to buy the episode as it features 85-year-old Sir David talking a lot of the time to camera, and in many parts of the world he is not famous.

The broadcaster refused to say which countries had shunned 'On Thin Ice'. They said it wasn't included in the main package because it features Sir David 'in vision' which would make it hard for other countries to translate into their own language.

Discovery had dropped the full seventh episode due to 'scheduling issues', the spokesman added.

However, environmentalists branded the decision 'unhelpful'.

Harry Huyton, head of climate change for the RSPB, accused networks who haven't bought the final episode of 'censoring the issue'.

A Greenpeace spokesman said: 'Climate change is the most important part of our polar story.'

The show cost an estimated £16million and took four years to make and has proved hugely popular.

It examines various aspects of the polar wilderness over the seasons and follows the lives of creatures from polar bears and wolves in the Arctic to killer whales and Adelie penguins in the Antarctic.

It has been produced by the BBC's Natural History Unit in Bristol in conjunction with the Discovery Channel and The Open University.

The climate change episode will be aired on December 7 at 9pm.

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A Tory peer has made the observation, correctly in my opinion, that what David Attenborough has to say about climate change is not worth listening to.
While Attenborough might well believe what he pushes in this regard, but that makes him quite hypocritical as this skit by Spike Milligan, first shown I believe in the 70's or 80's, about Attenborough and the amount of pointless travelling he did in making his natural history programmes, not to mention the wasted money by the BBC in funding him.
I've not seen anything by him, or the BBC for that matter, since then that makes me think anything has changed.

It will certainly give you a laugh.

Sir David Attenborough’s global warming views leave Tory peer cold
Lord Leach of Fairford, the Tory peer, has dismissed Sir David Attenborough's views on climate change as not "worth listening to".

Fondly regarded as a national treasure by many, Sir David Attenborough has, however, failed to find favour with Lord Leach of Fairford, the Tory peer, with his views on global warming.

“I don’t think what Attenborough has to say about climate change is worth listening to,” the 77-year-old former director of the British Library tells me at the launch of his wife’s Jessica Douglas-Home’s book, A Glimpse of Empire at Daunt Books, Holland Park.

“He’s very endearing but I don’t think there’s any truth to what he says — he has no idea about it. The fact is you can be jolly nice to monkeys but it isn’t the same as knowing what you’re talking about on climate change.”

Lord Leach adds that he is in support of the decision by the BBC to drop an episode focusing on climate change from the broadcaster’s Frozen Planet series to sell the programme better abroad.
“It’s quite right to cut the episode,” says Leach, who is the chairman of Eurosceptic think tank Open Europe and a noted climate change sceptic.

He has previously described man-made warming as “a disputed theory,” though he does concede: “The physics suggest there is some human influence on the matter.” British viewers of Frozen Planet will see seven episodes of the series, with the final offering focusing on the threat to the natural world posed by man.
The global warming episode has been relegated by the BBC to an “optional extra” which foreign networks can ignore. Campaigners have said the decision not to incorporate the episode as part of the main package was “unhelpful”.

While Lord Leach’s comments may upset Sir David’s fans, the Tory peer is accustomed to winning public support for his views on other matters. He was chairman of this year’s successful No to AV campaign, when more than two thirds of people voted to keep the first-past-the-post system in a UK-wide referendum.