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Merchants of Doubt

11 min read 15 min listen Narrated by Sam
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What’s it about?

How a small group of Cold War scientists manufactured uncertainty about smoking, acid rain, ozone depletion, and climate change to protect corporate profits and free-market ideology.

You’ll learn

  • Doubt is a manufactured product
  • Same tactics used for tobacco and climate
  • Media balance can distort science
  • Unified science can defeat doubt