That must count as one of the most disgusting utterances by someone who is supposedly impartial:

'RB: I agree that a short term disaster would be effective in persuading people.'

So not only does the Beeb see its role as 'persuading people' rather than reporting what is happening, they wouldn't mind that human beings lost their lives and livelihoods (on a small, humane scale, naturally, ok, yah??) just to 'persuade' us peasants to trust Mann et all.

What a truly sickening mind.