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Originally Posted by kendo65

There has been a lot of talk in this thread about propaganda, but that video out of anything else discussed comes closest in intent to being real propaganda. Your Michael Moore comparison is a good one. The producer of the Global Warming film, Martin Durkin, has form in producing right-wing equivalents to Moore's efforts.

Against Nature (1997) - criticised the environmental movement for being a threat to personal freedom and for crippling economic development.

The Rise and Fall of GM (2000) - arguing in favour of genetic modification, met with complaints. A joint letter signed by a number of scientists from the Third World was issued in protest of Durkin's claims in this documentary. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho, a scientist featured on the programme, later said of her participation in the programme: "I feel completely betrayed and misled. They did not tell me it was going to be an attack on my position."

Britain's Trillion Pound Horror Story (2010) - makes a case for lower taxes, a smaller public sector and a free-market economy.

The Great Global Warming Swindle (original working title "Apocalypse my Arse") (yes, really...) is more of the same. Professor Carl Wunsch who appeared on the programme has since repudiated it, describing it as 'as close to propaganda as anything since World War II'.

An official judgement by the British media regulator Ofcom found that the programme "did not fulfill obligations to be impartial and to reflect a range of views on controversial issues". It upheld complaints by Sir David King, stating that his views were misrepresented, and Carl Wunsch, on the points that he had been misled as to its intent, and that the impression had been given that he agreed with the programme's position on climate change.

you mean it's baseless propaganda?

can't be. it's from the political right, and they're called the right because they're always right. i call socialist defamation and expect a lawsuit to follow.