Complaint
A report by the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔβs Climate Editor included a reference to βsuperheated oceansβ. ΜύA listener complained this was misleading and alarmist. ΜύThe ECU considered whether the broadcast met the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ requirements for due accuracy.
Outcome
The ECU considered the term was used in the report in a colloquial rather than a scientific sense and that, in the context of a shortΜύ bulletin piece aimed at a general audience, it was unlikely to mislead listeners who would have understood the main point was that average global sea temperatures have been at a record high since May 2023. ΜύΜύ
Not Upheld