ABC under pressure?

Two days ago I told you about a new doco the ABC had purchased, The Great Global Warming Swindle, which prompted the ABC’s Director of Television Kim Dalton to say, “There are people who still question the link between human activity and global warming. I believe it’s important that these views are heard and debated.”

Now there are reports that the ABC Board applied pressure to buy the programme, possibly to stay community disillusionment about the government’s perceived inaction.

It is a claim Dalton denies.

Critics of the programme in the UK accused it of “fabricated data, half-truths and misleading statements.”

One thing is clear. The ABC now officially has itself a hot TV show, if not for all the right reasons.

You can read more on the claims against the ABC here.