Mike, The Australian public television (ABC) did a whole evening recently dedicated entirely to that video where, after airing it, they convened a panel of scientists (including some from the IPCC) to discuss the way the science was represented, both accurately and inaccurately, and followed by an interview of both some of the scientists themselves who took legal action against the director for the way they mis-represented their views (included truncated quotes), and of the director himself (where the weakness of his work become completely apparent).
I think it is still available on their website, and I highly recommend it. Charlotte Epstein Sydney University ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Maniates Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 1:15 AM To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Subject: The Great Global Warming Swindle Hello all, Does anyone have the backstory on The Great Global Warming Swindle, a "contrarian" climate change video aired in the UK recently and now available on DVD? My understanding is that many of the scientists in the video objected to how their on-camera comments were manipulated in the editing process. I've also gleaned from the web -- from totally unreliable sources I might add -- that both Channel 4, which aired the movie, and the producers distanced themselves from the production because of data falsification, and that the show has not been run in the U.S. (even by Fox News) because of this. But most of this comes to me through third-person contacts or random web sites. Do any of you have the larger story, or can you point me in the right directions? I ask because a colleague of mine at Allegheny, in response to a request from students who feel silenced by the energy Al Gore has generated, is thinking of screening this video as a formal, College-sanctioned event to "bring balance to the debate on campus." As an aside, I think The Great Global Warming Swindle can be a useful addition to teaching tool-box of those of us who teach the climate-change controversy. And I myself wouldn't object to the video if it's used to teach the debate. I'm more wary of Swindle as a definitive, credible "counter-balance" to Inconvenient Truth or the material that my colleagues and I present in the classroom, in large part because of its accusations of conspiracy and intentional distortion of data. Feel free to reply to me off-list. I'll summarize the helpful replies and repost them for all to see. Yours, Mike Maniates Allegheny College
