Viewers slam Q&A science show after promo mocks One Nation MP, ABC boss David ...

Viewers have slammed Q&A after the ABC used a clash between a celebrity scientist and a One Nation senator to promote an upcoming science panel special. 

The controversial promo came as the ABC's new managing director admitted the national broadcaster needed to be more balanced when it came to differing views.

Brian Cox, a visiting BBC TV physicist from the United Kingdom, went head-to-head with former Queensland senator Malcolm Roberts in August 2016 over climate change science.

'I've brought the graph, right,' Professor Cox said, holding up a diagram of rising global temperatures.

Brian Cox (pictured), a visiting BBC TV physicist from the United Kingdom, went head-to-head with former Queensland senator Malcolm Roberts in August 2016 over climate change science. The ABC has used this exchange to promote Monday night's Q&A

Brian Cox (pictured), a visiting BBC TV physicist from the United Kingdom, went head-to-head with former Queensland senator Malcolm Roberts in August 2016 over climate change science. The ABC has used this exchange to promote Monday night's Q&A

Mr Roberts, whose Senate career has since been revived, claimed the American National Aeronautics and Space Administration had falsified global warming data.

'The data has been corrupted, manipulated,' he said.

NASA asserts 97 per cent of the world's climate scientists agree humans are responsible for global warming. 

An ABC voice-over promoting Monday's night's Q&A science special appeared to mock Mr Roberts, who disputes the science of climate change, to advertise Professor Cox's return to the program.

'This time he'll be joined by real scientists,' a male voice-over said. 

The ABC has been accused of left-wing bias with its critics on Twitter describing the science panel special as 'propaganda'.

'More propaganda by the ABC,' one man said.

'Have a panel of scientists who can also talk to the fact things are

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