- Regulator accused of letting makers off hook
- Rules were broken 'but viewers were not misled'
Channel 4 broke rules on impartiality and misrepresented the views of the government's former chief scientist in a controversial documentary that became the focal point of a furious debate over the causes of climate change, the media watchdog has ruled.
Following a 15-month investigation, Ofcom yesterday found that The Great Global Warming Swindle broke its guidelines on impartiality in the concluding part of the 90-minute polemic, which claimed man-made global warming was a conspiracy and a fraud. But despite "certain reservations" on the part of the regulator, Channel 4 was "on balance" cleared of "materially misleading the audience so as to cause harm or offence".
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Watchdog's verdict on Channel 4 climate film angers scientists | Media | The Guardian
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