--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. (...) >
This could be a legitimate complaint, OR a desperate attempt at covering his own academic ass due to the fallout from the show.
