Complaint to Ofcom Regarding “The Great Global Warming Swindle”Appendix C: Backgrounds of the Contributors to the Programme |
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As a result of this deception, the public almost certainly gave the contributors' statements far more weight than they would otherwise have done, which was the programme maker’s apparent intention. This is in breach of the provisions of the 2003 Communications Act regarding Channel 4’s remit for its programmes to be educational and therefore not intentionally misleading; and a clear breach of section 5.7 of the Broadcasting Code regarding not misrepresenting facts. |
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C.1.3 |
Links to the Fossil Fuel IndustryThere are several serious reasons why the links that many of the contributors to the programme have to the fossil fuel industry are important in terms of public interest, accuracy, and impartiality; and why these links should have been made clear to viewers of the programme:
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