Smoke, Mirrors, and Hot Air
Union of Concerned Scientists January 2007 How ExxonMobil Uses Big Tobacco’s Tactics to Manufacture Uncertainty on Climate Science
In an effort to deceive the public about the real-
ity of global warming, ExxonMobil has under-
written the most sophisticated and most successful
disinformation campaign since the tobacco indus-
try misled the public about the scientific evidence
linking smoking to lung cancer and heart disease.
As this report documents, the two disinformation
campaigns are strikingly similar. ExxonMobil has
drawn upon the tactics and even ...
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