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

1. Extracts From Complete Transcript and Rebuttal

1.2 Failure to Inform Carl Wunsch of the Nature and Purpose of the Programme

[This section was considered by both the the Fairness and Standards Divisions of Ofcom.]

[Narrator]

Carl Wunsch is professor of Oceanography at MIT. He was also visiting professor of oceanography at Harvard University and University College London; and a Senior Visiting Fellow in Mathematics and Physics at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of four major text books on oceanography.

[Comment 53: Carl Wunsch has been misrepresented by the programme (see Comment 54, page 1 and Comment 94, page 2; and in addition, has stated publicly that he was misinformed by WagTV about the true nature of the programme (see: http://tinyurl.com/2fcfnh, and Appendix C.20, page 39).]

(In breach of Ofcom 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.6, 7.9, 7.14)

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