Complaint to Ofcom Regarding The Great Global Warming Swindle

Appendix A: Complaint Category Analysis

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Category

The Comment Numbers that fall into this category

No. of Breaches

No. of Complnts

Lack of disclosure of conflicts of interest

Comment 2, Comment 7, Comment 9, Comment 16, Comment 21, Comment 24, Comment 26, Comment 27, Comment 31, Comment 48, Comment 65, Comment 84, Comment 85, Comment 118, Comment 119, Comment 124

16

1

Misrepresentation or overstating of the credentials of the contributors to the programme

Comment 2, Comment 4, Comment5, Comment 7, Comment 9, Comment 12, Comment 14, Comment 15, Comment 18, Comment 21, Comment 24, Comment 27, Comment 31, Comment 34, Comment 45, Comment 48, Comment 57, Comment 61, Comment 78, Comment 110, Comment 112, Comment 115

22

1

Presenting highly contentious opinions as if they were undisputed facts

Comment 1, Comment 3, Comment 10, Comment 25, Comment 28, Comment 29, Comment 32, Comment 34, Comment 56, Comment 57, Comment 64

11

1

Total

 

49

3

Note: For the sake of brevity, the first time a contributor appeared in the programme, both of the first and second categories above were documented in a single Comment number where applicable, hence several Comment numbers appear in both categories.

A.4

Total Number of Serious Breaches Reported in this Complaint

Section

No. of serious breaches

Appendix A.1.1

9

Appendix A.1.2

9

Appendix A.1.3

14

Appendix A.2

32

Appendix A.3

3

Total

67


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