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Controversial climate programme let off the hook

23 July 2008

When a supposedly factual TV programme on global warming contains fabricated climate graphs, dozens of false statements and frequently misleading content, you might think it would be in breach of broadcasting standards. Apparently not in the UK.

This week the British regulator charged with upholding broadcasting standards, Ofcom, announced its response to the about The Great Global Warming Swindle.

The programme was first broadcast in the UK last year and attacks the idea that human activity is responsible for global warming. It has since been sold to 21 countries and widely circulated on YouTube. The film-makers

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