
Merchants of Doubt, by Naomi Oreskes & Erik Conway
Context with Brad Harris
The Tactics of the Merchants of Doubt
This chapter explores how a group of influential physicists with government connections utilized their power and resources to prevent regulation on significant issues like cigarette smoking, acid rain, the ozone hole, and global warming, perpetuating misinformation and shaping public perception according to their political beliefs.
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