BBC Kicked out of School Over Wi-Fi Scaremongering

Posted by Zonk on Saturday May 26, 2007 @08:38AM from the i-thought-the-beeb-was-one-of-the-good-guys dept.

h2g2bob writes "Ben Goldacre reports that the BBC Panorama team, while scaremongering over the dangers of Wi-fi, were told to leave the school because even the kids could see it was dumb: 'When the children saw Alasdair's Powerwatch website, and the excellent picture of the insulating mesh beekeeper hat that he sells (£27) to protect your head from excess microwave exposure, they were astonished and outraged. Panorama were calmly expelled from the school.' Should we be pleased that the kids can out-think TV producers?"

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Re:That was the *WRONG* question by Hyperspite · 2007-05-26 15:20 · Score: 0, Flamebait

according to the bbc...
In January 2006 we launched BBC jam...
WTF?! Are you astroturfing for BBC and doing a really bad job of it? Jesus, I'm giving up mod privileges for this.