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BBC Complaints - Case number CAS-2007140-CPJS07
Complaint Summary: Promotion of unpublished company research
Full Complaint: This programme featured an interview with Alistair Moffat from
ScotlandsDNA focusing on new "research" from his commercial company. Scientific research
is normally published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. This research only appears to
have been published in a company press release. This is one of many occasions where the
BBC has provided free advertising for Alistair Moffat and has publicised the unscientific
research from his companies BritainsDNA and ScotlandsDNA. Such actions severely
compromise the BBC's integrity and independence. See this Sense About Science article:
http://www.senseaboutscience.org/news.php/306/we-are-all-related-to-romans-vikingsegyptians-attila-the-hun http://www.genomesunzipped.org/2012/12/exaggerations-anderrors-in-the-promotion-of-genetic-ancestry-testing.php. See also my complaint re The One
Show (Case number CAS-1967091-8FGFZR) and this Sunday Times article:
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/Tech/article1182305.ece