http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2031455,00.html
Climate scientist 'duped to deny global warming'
Ben Goldacre and David Adam
Sunday March 11, 2007
The Observer
A Leading US climate scientist is considering legal action after he
says he was duped into appearing in a Channel 4 documentary that
claimed man-made global warming is a myth. Carl Wunsch, professor of
physical oceanography at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
said the film, The Great Global Warming Swindle, was 'grossly
distorted' and 'as close to pure propaganda as anything since World
War Two'.
He says his comments in the film were taken out of context and that
he would not have agreed to take part if he had known it would argue
that man-made global warming was not a serious threat. 'I thought
they were trying to educate the public about the complexities of
climate change,' he said. 'This seems like a deliberate attempt to
exploit someone who is on the other side of the issue.' He is
considering a complaint to Ofcom, the broadcast regulator. (...)
