Thursday
Jun212012
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Bishop Hill
Bishop Hill Black in pay of green?
Black's Whitewash reckons he has evidence that while reporting from Rio for the BBC, Richard Black is also working for a green NGO. There is certainly evidence that the BBC World Service were to be approached by NGO Stakeholder Forum about getting training and that they subsequently budgeted for a BBC Environment Correspondent to work for them in this area during the Rio conference.
I also note that TVE, one of the companies involved in the illicit sponsorship of BBC programmes, appears to be involved.
Reader Comments (17)
5th Columnist?
Evidence for Leveson?
Andrew have you asked the BBC media centre for a comment..
Ie whether any BBC reporter us recueving this money
Is T Newberry aware
There was a man named Black at the BBC
who did work on the side for the Greens if need be
This wasn't questioned by Shukman,
until someone said "look - man,
what about the charter and impartiality?"
(ho ho).
There was a trailer on R4 this morning for a piece about Brian Johnston, of Test Match Special fame, a job he got after his official retirement from the Beeb. Previously, his file had been marked ‘SNF’ meaning ‘staff, no fee’ so additional jobs were meant to be covered by his salary.
I wonder how many junkets would now be attended by the likes of Black/Harrabin/Shukman if those rules still applied?
"5th Columnist?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0PIdWdw15U
good one!
Several years ago the BBC decided that no member of its staff should do any media training. The BBC said it was unacceptable that a reporter might interview someone who they had previously trained. If Black had trained/advised a NGO about anything then he has broken the BBC's terms of employment.
If he ever gets fired for his activities, he will probably pick up a cushy, well paid job with lots of travel
I suspect that Black has enough friends and influences within the BBC Hierarchy for this scandal to be thoroughly white-washed out of existence.
OT
woe, woe and thrice woe
type 'senna the soothsayer' into google and see who comes out as the first entry
mangochutney
Apparently he already has a cushy, well-paid job with lots of travel. All that will change will be the signature in the bottom right-hand corner of the cheque.
Hmm... shades of grey?
But its all official now according to reports from Rio+20 . They don't talk about climate change any more , its all "sustainable development". When will the funding taps on climate change be turned off ??
or do all those research proposals being prepared at the moment just have those keys words changed ?
Sorry for the off-topic post... At least one Perthshire councillor has it right on wind farms.
http://www.thecourier.co.uk/News/National/article/23483/living-in-fairyland-holyrood-hears-calls-for-windfarm-firms-to-face-steeper-planning-charges.html#.T-NdHGI1DSI.facebook
"You do not have
To bribe or twist
The arm
Of the British journalist
Considering what he would do
Unasked
There is no reason to."
Or, more correctly:
You cannot hope to bribe or twist,
Thank God! the British journalist.
But, seeing what the man will do
Unbribed, there's no occasion to.
Attributed to Humbert Wolfe.
Or, put another way...
You cannot hope to bribe or twist,
Thank God! the Climate Scientist
But, seeing what the man will do
Unbribed, there's no occasion to.
JF
Is anyone the least bit surprised. Black has been using his sub-prime column as a platform for his blatant activism for as long as I can remember. In the days when the BBC had a reputation it was prepared to defend he would have been shown the door very quickly. How sad it is to see that institution reduced to its current state,