Letters and emails from editors and senior staff pertaining to presenters'/journalists' discussion of climate change and global warming

Simon Hopkinson made this Freedom of Information request to British Broadcasting Corporation

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Simon Hopkinson

Dear British Broadcasting Corporation,

I respectfully request copies of all correspondence, for the period January 2009 to February 2010 inclusive, between senior BBC staff and editors, BBC journalists and BBC radio/TV presenters, which reference constraints imposed, or discussion of possible constraints that might be imposed, on the liberty of journalists and presenters to discuss climate change in the context of doubts raised about the integrity of the science, or the extent to which the science of climate change may be called into question.

Yours faithfully,

Simon Hopkinson

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Dear Mr Hopkinson,

Please find attached the response to your request for information under
the Freedom of Information Act.
<<RFI20100329 - final response.pdf>>
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Rachael Ward
Adviser, Information Policy and Compliance

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