Science reporting is hard, and mistakes can be made. But I never expected the BBC could cover a subject this badly.

Back in March, David Shukman (BBC Science Editor) published a short report on synthetic biology. The reports cast a shadow on the hard work of scientists and implies that synthetic biology is not accepted my the main stream scientific community.

Original video (BBC news at 10 on 28/3/12 15mins in)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDGbTxZzr9w
BBC Complaints
http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/
Synthetic Biology Explained
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD5uNAMbDaQ
Stab-Bot 5000
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=850E10G87lY