Complaint to Ofcom Regarding “The Great Global Warming Swindle”

[Comment 31: James Shikwati’s credentials with respect to the subjects he discussed in the programme were exaggerated; and his known biases, and his links to fossil-fuel industry–funded lobby groups that campaign against greenhouse gas emissions reductions should also have been mentioned and were not. For full details, see Appendix C.3, page 130.]

(In breach of the 2003 Communications Act Section 265, Ofcom 5.7, 5.8)

[Comment 32: The narrator is again expressing contentious opinions as if they were undisputed facts, without any supporting evidence being provided.]

(In breach of the 2003 Communications Act Section 265, Ofcom 5.4, 5.5, 5.7, 5.11, 5.12)

[Comment 33: In fact most of the contributors to the Channel 4 programme regularly receive a great deal of media coverage – for details, see Appendix E: page 158. Calder himself recently had a major op-ed piece critical of global warming theory published in The Sunday Times (see: http://tinyurl.com/2fhq57). Similarly, contributors Nigel Lawson and Philip Stott have enjoyed prominent interviews and articles in some of the most widely read newspapers in Britain. Thus this statement by Calder, together with the narrator’s statement that preceded it, are highly, and apparently intentionally, misleading.

Furthermore, the term “heretic” is used here in a manipulative way to suggest they suffer outsider status. In truth they have enjoyed privileged access to some of the most influential news publications in the country (see also Appendix E: page 158).]

(In breach of the 2003 Communications Act Section 265, Ofcom 5.4, 5.5, 5.7, 5.11, 5.12)