BBC Radio 4 broke impartiality rules in Nigel Lawson climate change interview

Ofcom says interviewer failed to challenge controversial claims including that there had been no increase in extreme weather eventsBBC Radio 4 broke impartiality rules by failing to "sufficiently challenge" climate change denier Nigel Lawson's controversial claims in an interview, the broadcasting watchdog has ruled.Lord Lawson appeared on a Radio 4 programme last summer denying the concept of climate change, which prompted complaints from the Green party, and prominent scientists Brian Cox and Jim Al-Khalili, who said it was "irresponsible and highly misleading" to imply there was still a debate around the science supporting it. Continue reading...