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Inspired by the acclaimed book by Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway, MERCHANTS OF DOUBT takes audiences on a satirically comedic, yet illuminating ride into the heart of conjuring American spin. Filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the curtain on a secretive group of highly charismatic, silver- tongued pundits-for-hire who present themselves in the media as scientific authorities – yet have the contrary aim of spreading maximum confusion about well-studied public threats ranging from toxic chemicals to pharmaceuticals to climate change.
"It's not the science that's affecting us. I mean the science is pretty clear. It's something else that's causing this rejection . . . the reason we need the science to be wrong is that otherwise we see that we need to change. That's really a hard pill to swallow." - Congressman Bob Inglis (R, South Carolina)
This screening is made possible by the School of Journalism & Mass Communications at the University of Minnesota.
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