April 10, 2008
http://timblair.net/
Earth Hour seems to have raised the awareness of Age staff:
Journalists at The Age yesterday condemned management for undermining
the Melbourne newspaper's editorial independence, claiming re****ters
were pressured not to write negative stories about Earth Hour ...
During what re****ters called a "volatile" and "hostile" staff meeting on
the editorial floor with the paper's editor-in-chief, Andrew Jaspan,
journalists also criticised his decision to attend the 2020 summit and
attacked the publication in February of a letter by Fairfax chairman Ron
Walker about the Liberal Party .
Some staff were openly hostile towards Jaspan, and at times interjected
as he spoke. At a subsequent stop-work meeting, staff passed a
resolution saying recent developments had undermined the separation
between commercial considerations and editorial independence.
In a statement accompanying the resolution, staff said the Earth Hour
partner****p placed basic journalistic principles in jeopardy.
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Warmest Regards
Bonzo
"There is no compelling evidence that carbon dioxide has any significant
control over the direction of global temperature and climate. The
processes that regulate the interannual to decadal fluctuations of
climate are poorly understood and, as yet, unpredictable" William
Kininmonth, Meteorologist, Former Head, National Climate Centre, Bureau
of Meteorology, 1986-1998
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