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    4. Smoke, mirrors and hot air: how ExxonMobil uses Big Tobacco's tactics to manufacture uncertainty on climate science

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Shulman, Seth (author), Abend, Kate (author), and Meyer, Alden (author)
    Format:
    Research report
    Publication Date:
    2007
    Published:
    USA: Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 136 Document Number: D11419
    Notes:
    68 pages., Introductory information and executive summary printed from the organization website. Full text available., The report described ExxonMobile as having "underwritten the most sophisticated and most successful disinformation campaign since the tobacco industry misled the public about the scientific evidence linking smoking to lung cancer and heart disease." Documentation described the company as having drawn upon four of the same tactics: manufactured uncertainty, information laundering, promoted scientific spokespeople, and attempt to shift the focus away from meaningful action.