Post by marchesarosa on Nov 20, 2011 18:06:13 GMT
Stop Press:
Jeremy Clarkson in running to be BBC science editor. In a statement the no-holds-barred motormouth said:
"Since the BBC has stipulated that its new science editor need not have any scientific qualifications I have allowed myself to be put forward for the post. On Top Gear, and in my many other programs, I have shown myself to be an outstanding storyteller and journalist. My views about climate change are well known. I grilled Alistair Campbell about them. When was the last time you saw a journalist working for BBC News do that, to anyone.
I see myself as the flip side to Roger Harrabin, and in the interests of impartiality I insist the BBC hires me to restore the "balance" it so often preaches about.
I won't need a company car.
I will submit a portfolio of stories that BBC should be doing in the Science/Environment front, along with my application. As the Science editor role is also an advisory one I recommend;
No more Mike Hume, Myles Allen or Bob Ward.
No more Shukman on an ice sheet - it's so British Leyland.
Richard Black to take a course on statistics at Stow on the Wold Junior school (where my kids will teach him a thing or two.)
Briwan Cox to be plunged into a black hole.
David Attenborough out to pasture.
There...I bet none of the other candidates have got anything as detailed and as impressive as that.
If they don't interview me for the job I will be claiming my £15,000 from the University of East Anglia. Thinking about it I will want £15,000 from all environmentally interested parties. This is essential because, in Harrabin's own words, it will ensure that when I come to report on them I am even more impartial than I would have been.
Another thing I will promise if I get the job. Al Gore will be my star "in a reasonably priced car."
I will also chain myself to a windmill.
I will of course contribute and offer my expertise to other areas of BBC News' output. For example I have a lot to say about the suggestion to ban smoking in cars.
Given my qualifications (especially my lack of science qualifications) I firmly expect to be granted an interview, if not fast-tracked into the post, without the need for an interview.
I am also a better broadcaster than Robert Pesto because people can (long pause) understand what I'm saying.
I am the one to put BBC news's environment and science coverage back on track. This will also save the corporation.
How hard can it be?"
Courtesy of Bishop Hill
Jeremy Clarkson in running to be BBC science editor. In a statement the no-holds-barred motormouth said:
"Since the BBC has stipulated that its new science editor need not have any scientific qualifications I have allowed myself to be put forward for the post. On Top Gear, and in my many other programs, I have shown myself to be an outstanding storyteller and journalist. My views about climate change are well known. I grilled Alistair Campbell about them. When was the last time you saw a journalist working for BBC News do that, to anyone.
I see myself as the flip side to Roger Harrabin, and in the interests of impartiality I insist the BBC hires me to restore the "balance" it so often preaches about.
I won't need a company car.
I will submit a portfolio of stories that BBC should be doing in the Science/Environment front, along with my application. As the Science editor role is also an advisory one I recommend;
No more Mike Hume, Myles Allen or Bob Ward.
No more Shukman on an ice sheet - it's so British Leyland.
Richard Black to take a course on statistics at Stow on the Wold Junior school (where my kids will teach him a thing or two.)
Briwan Cox to be plunged into a black hole.
David Attenborough out to pasture.
There...I bet none of the other candidates have got anything as detailed and as impressive as that.
If they don't interview me for the job I will be claiming my £15,000 from the University of East Anglia. Thinking about it I will want £15,000 from all environmentally interested parties. This is essential because, in Harrabin's own words, it will ensure that when I come to report on them I am even more impartial than I would have been.
Another thing I will promise if I get the job. Al Gore will be my star "in a reasonably priced car."
I will also chain myself to a windmill.
I will of course contribute and offer my expertise to other areas of BBC News' output. For example I have a lot to say about the suggestion to ban smoking in cars.
Given my qualifications (especially my lack of science qualifications) I firmly expect to be granted an interview, if not fast-tracked into the post, without the need for an interview.
I am also a better broadcaster than Robert Pesto because people can (long pause) understand what I'm saying.
I am the one to put BBC news's environment and science coverage back on track. This will also save the corporation.
How hard can it be?"
Courtesy of Bishop Hill