Complaint to Ofcom Regarding “The Great Global Warming Swindle”1. Complaint Summary |
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A total of 13 breaches fell into this category, although we have grouped the non-sequiturs into one breach as they seemed less serious than the Straw Man arguments and ad hominem attacks; so for the purposes of this complaint we consider them to collectively constitute 10 serious breaches: see Appendix A.1.3,page 117 for details. |
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1.6.5 |
Recycling of Long Discredited Myths which the Contributors and Film Makers Should have been Aware are MythsSeveral well-known myths, that are frequently propagated by individuals and lobby groups critical of greenhouse gas emissions reductions policies, but which were discredited in the scientific literature many years ago, were given considerable air-time. It is difficult to understand how the contributors and the film maker could all have been unaware of the literature on these subjects (and they were billed as “leading scientists” and “an impressive roll-call of experts” – see Appendix C.1.2, page 126); and this therefore appears to have been an attempt to deceive the public. One example of this is the lengthy air-time given in the film to the idea that the presence of vineyards in Britain in medieval times tells us anything meaningful about global average temperatures at that time (see Comment 38, page 31). Other similar myths were also given significant air-time (see Comment 68, page 62; Comment 99, page 82; and Comment 101, page 84). A total of 4 breaches fell into this category: see Appendix A.1.3,page 117 for details. |
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1.7 |
Groups of Breaches in which Multiple Interviewee and Narrator Statements, Taken Together, Constitute a Highly Misleading NarrativeSuch statements failed to present the true state of the science, economics or other topic being discussed; or presented extraneous facts which misled the viewer as to the true state of the current knowledge. In many cases, these statements did not directly concern the science of global warming but were indirect attacks on environmental objectives, climate policy, and the IPCC, based for the most part on misleading or inaccurate statements. Some examples:
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Last updated: 11 Jun 2007 |