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Merchants of Doubt

  • Documentary

November 8, 2014 (US)

1h 36m

How a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming.

Spin doctors spread misinformation and confusion among American citizens to delay progress on such important issues as global climate change.

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