Editing Channel 4 (section)

=== Global warming ===
{{See also|Climate change in the United Kingdom}}
On 8 March 2007, Channel 4 screened a documentary, ''[[The Great Global Warming Swindle]]'' stating that [[global warming]] is "a lie" and "the biggest scam of modern times".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/mar/6/20070306-122226-6282r/ |title=Global warming labeled a 'scam' |newspaper=The Washington Times |access-date=10 January 2017 |archive-date=28 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428023516/https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/mar/6/20070306-122226-6282r/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The programme's accuracy were disputed on multiple points, and commentators criticised it for being one-sided, observing that the mainstream position on global warming is supported by the scientific academies of the [[G8|major industrialised nations]].<ref name="Houghton">{{cite web |last=Houghton |first=John |title=The Great Global Warming Swindle |publisher=The John Ray Initiative |url=http://www.jri.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=137&Itemid=83 |access-date=12 March 2007 |archive-date=18 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318203906/http://www.jri.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=137&Itemid=83 |url-status=live }}</ref> There were 246 complaints to [[Ofcom]] as of 25 April 2007,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2007/apr/25/controversiesinscience.channel4 |title=Move to block emissions 'swindle' DVD |date=25 April 2007 |access-date=25 April 2007 |work=The Guardian |location=London |first=David |last=Adam |archive-date=10 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610040727/https://www.theguardian.com/science/2007/apr/25/controversiesinscience.channel4 |url-status=live }}</ref> including allegations that the programme falsified data.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article2521677.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070510030950/http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article2521677.ece |archive-date=10 May 2007 |title=C4 accused of falsifying data in documentary on climate change |access-date=20 May 2007 |work=The Independent |location=London |first=Steve |last=Connor |date=8 May 2007}}</ref> The programme was criticised by scientists and scientific organisations, and various scientists who participated in the documentary claimed their views had been distorted.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/mar/11/broadcasting.science |title=Climate scientist 'duped to deny global warming' |last1=Goldcare|first1=Ben|last2=Adam|first2=David|date=11 March 2007 |work=The Guardian |access-date=20 July 2019 |archive-date=10 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610021042/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/mar/11/broadcasting.science |url-status=live }}</ref>

''[[Against Nature (documentary)|Against Nature]]'': An earlier controversial Channel 4 programme made by [[Martin Durkin (director)|Martin Durkin]] which was also critical of the environmental movement and was charged by the UK's [[Independent Television Commission]] for misrepresenting and distorting the views of interviewees by selective editing.<ref name=":1">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2008/jul/21/climatechange.carbonemissions1 |title=Why does Channel 4 seem to be waging a war against the greens? |last=Monbiot |first=George |date=21 July 2008 |work=The Guardian |access-date=20 July 2019 |archive-date=9 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609101504/http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2008/jul/21/climatechange.carbonemissions1 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.badscience.net/2007/03/against-nature-channel-4-tonight/ |title=Against Nature – Channel 4 tonight |last=Goldacre |first=Ben |date=8 March 2007 |website=Bad Science |access-date=20 July 2019 |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308092949/https://www.badscience.net/2007/03/against-nature-channel-4-tonight/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

''[[The Greenhouse Conspiracy]]'': An earlier Channel 4 documentary broadcast on 12 August 1990, as part of the ''[[Equinox (TV programme)|Equinox]]'' series, in which similar claims were made.<ref name=":1" /> Three of the people interviewed (Lindzen, Michaels and Spencer) were also interviewed in ''[[The Great Global Warming Swindle]]''.