BBC says Harrabin emails stay secret

The BBC have now responded to my request to see the email exchange which Roger Harrabin claims took place between himself and the World Meteorological Organisation at the time of the Jo Abbess "change the report or else" story.

It will probably come as no surprise to anyone that the Beeb is refusing to release the emails.

At the end of the day then, we have the word of one man, Roger Harrabin that the email exchange took place and what its contents were.

If he were a blogger, we would not accept this lack of any evidence. If you don't present evidence, the blogosphere isn't going to take your word for it.

This same principle applies to the BBC too. But more so. 

Comments

[GCooper]

It was a valiant effort. Out of interest, on what grounds did the BBC Refuse?

[Bishop Hill]

Items relating to journalistic activities are exempt.

[GCooper]

Thank you for the clarification. Still, the attempt will have added to Harrabin's discomfort, so it wasn't totally in van.

[Andy]

What happens if a mere prole were to make the same
FOI request as a 'concerned license payer'?

[Bishop Hill]

I'm not done yet...