Extracts from Ofcom Complaint, by Category: Misrepresentation of People’s Views

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  1.5.3 Misrepresentations Regarding Spread of Malaria and IPCC’s Processes 14
    Comment 109: Misleading statement about effect of temperature on mosquitoes and malaria 14
    Comment 110: Overstating of Reiter’s credentials 16
    Comment 111: Inaccurate claim about malaria in the Soviet Union 17
    Comment 112: Misquoting of IPCC on malaria 17
    Comment 113: Inaccurate claim that IPCC reports ignore literature by specialists 19
  1.5.4 Frederick Seitz’s Allegations of Corruption in the Wall Street Journal 20
    Comment 114: Wall Street Journal allegations 20
  1.5.5 Paul Reiter’s Resignation Allegations 22
    Comment 115: Reiter’s resignation allegations 22
  1.6 Misrepresentations of the Views of Most Climatologists 23
    Comment 35: Pretence that climate scientists are unaware of historical climate fluctuations 23
    Comment 77: Slander against US climate scientists 23
    Comment 82: Claim that scientific research funding is primarily media driven 23
  1.7 Unsubstantiated Allegations of Corruption Against Scientific Funding Bodies 25
    Comment 71: Allegation of corruption against Thatcher and science funding bodies 25
    Comment 82: Claim that scientific research funding is primarily media-driven 26
    Comment 83: Misrepresentation of what motivates scientists to study science 27
    Comment 84: Failure to disclose Lindzen’s conflicts of interest 27
    Comment 85: Failure to disclose Singer’s conflicts of interest 27
    Comment 116: Misleading claims about amount of funding for climate science 28
    Comment 117: Unsupported allegation of corruption against scientific funding bodies 28
  1.8 Misrepresentation of the Views of Environmental NGOs and of Ordinary People who are Concerned About the Environment 29
    Comment 75: Claim that mainstream environmentalists advocate ‘getting rid of cars’ 29
    Comment 80: Claim that environmentalists are predominately anticapitalist extremists 30
    Comment 81: Conspiracy theory about Mrs Thatcher 30
    Comment 120: Attempt to create impression that all environmentalists are anti-capitalists 31
    Comment 132: ‘Straw man’ claim about renewable energy and environmentalists 31

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