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I've had a response from the BBC, and they're doubling down, further proving how difficult it is to hold the BBC accountable for their misinformation.
Here’s a short summary on their response:
Flawed Metrics: The BBC relies on Alex de Vries' debunked "per transaction" metric to assess Bitcoin's environmental impact, despite Cambridge University disproving this methodology as early as 2018. The BBC ignored credible research that highlights the fundamental flaws in de Vries' study, failing to fact-check before publishing.
https://x.com/DecentraSuze/status/1834671256299257876
Misleading Headline: The BBC admitted to using "payment" and "transaction" interchangeably in their headline, allegedly to make it more accessible to readers. However, this distinction is critical—confusing the two leads to gross overestimation of Bitcoin's water use by a factor of 1000x or more. This misrepresentation is not a small error; it's misinformation.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67564205
Undisclosed Conflict of Interest: De Vries works for the Dutch Central Bank, which has a vested interest in discrediting Bitcoin, yet the BBC did not disclose this conflict. Central banks stand to lose from decentralised finance systems, making de Vries’ affiliation highly relevant and worth disclosing. The BBC dismissed this concern outright.
Impartiality in Question: Despite claiming impartiality, the BBC consistently fails to provide balanced reporting on Bitcoin. This article is just one of many examples, amplifying flawed studies while ignoring counter-evidence and perpetuating a one-sided narrative.
https://x.com/gladstein/status/1803507915556606200
Broken Complaint Process: Beyond the article’s provable flaws, which have been dismissed by the editorial complaints team, I can’t even respond to the email I received. The BBC’s process forces me to deliver responses over the phone, making it more difficult to address these serious issues. Accountability feels impossible.
https://x.com/DecentraSuze/status/1834669804923322843
This isn’t just about bitcoin. It’s about journalistic standards and the integrity of the information that the public relies on. We need to demand better fact-checking, transparency, and accountability from organisations like the BBC.
The links they have provided in support of their response are provided below:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.137268
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949790623000046
https://www.bbc.co.uk/editorialguidelines/guidelines
Well it’s not surprising but still it’s disheartening. Makes you think about all the other news stories written quoting miss leading research. Well done for highlighting and sorry they are still being entitled knobs
I haven’t tried their sausages. I go for the rare roast beef. Easy lunch and 2min walk from the offoce
Smart 🤓
Getting lunch in my local health food shop. Am I wrong?
If only I could code 😂
I guess so. I do like Gabriel. His coming storm podcast is great. Did make my wife think I had joined a cult but maybe I have 😂
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Back to 1tril. Now we are talking
“America through the looking glass: The crypto bros crowdfunding a new country” - a long read from the BBC. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyl171lyewo
I’m all in on bitcoin and the revolution, gains, community etc etc. but when I read these kind of articles and I understand they are biased and coming from the outside looking in. But sometimes this vision of the future sounds a bit weird. I’m sure the reality will be more organic and hopefully we will pivot to a better, fairer, nicer world but living out in the desert as a frontier city sounds far from ideal. Or is this just me? 🤷🏻
Probably not enough. Inheritance planning is a bit of a minefield.
This is only half true.
Doesn’t feel very cheap here in the UK! But I would agree that we seem to be on the decline. Still a lovely country to live in
I wonder if he used ChatGPT to write it….. 😉
Decembers menu is up.
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My thoughts exactly 😂