Extracts from Ofcom Complaint, by Category: Misrepresentation of Peoples Views

Extracts from Appendix D: Corporate-funded Organisations Linked to Contributors to the Programme

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Science and Environmental Policy Project, or SEPP
http://tinyurl.com/2tqgp2

[Note: Contributors to the film who have links with SEPP:
Dr Frederick Singer]

An anti-Kyoto, Anti-IPCC, anti-regulation lobby group founded and run by Frederick Singer, that has received $20,000 from ExxonMobil since 2000 (see ExxonSecrets: http://tinyurl.com/2awexa), as well as having received substantial funds from several other fossil-fuel industry sources including Shell, Unocal, Texaco, Arco, and the American Gas Association (see his sworn affidavit at http://tinyurl.com/2rrqz7; HeatIsOnline at: http://tinyurl.com/yqvozw; and Center for Media and Democracy: http://tinyurl.com/yloyf2).

[Note: The above figure was accurate when this complaint was submitted. For the up-to-date figure, see: http://tinyurl.com/2awexa [ExxonSecrets].]

SEPP has also received funding from the tobacco industry in return for writing papers challenging the health effects of second-hand smoke (see http://tinyurl.com/3by65a).

Tech Central Science Foundation or Tech Central.com
www.techcentralstation.com

[Note: Contributors to the film who have links with the Tech Central Science Foundation:
Paul Driessen
Dr Tim Ball
Professor Patrick Michaels
Dr Willie Soon
Professor Ian Clark
Professor Richard Lindzen
Professor Paul Reiter
Dr Roy Spencer]

An anti-regulation lobby group and website that has received $95,000 from ExxonMobil since 1998 (see ExxonSecrets: http://tinyurl.com/2ffueo) and has also been funded by General Motors (see DeSmogBlog: http://tinyurl.com/35ee9v).

[Note: The above figure was accurate when this complaint was submitted. For the up-to-date figure, see: http://tinyurl.com/2ffueo [ExxonSecrets].]


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