Judge Finds Nine Untruths in "Political" and "Partisan" Gore Movie

Leibowitz's Canticle ^ | October 10, 2007 | Leibowitz

[Bob Leibowitz]

After a three day trial, British High Court judge Mr. Justice Michael Burton has found nine serious factual errors in Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, a film which the judge describes as attempting to support Gore's thesis on global warming through "alarmism and exaggeration."

By far the largest and most troubling of the nine "errors" is Gore's false claim of a match—an exact fit, according to Gore—in the rise of carbon dioxide against an increase in global temperatures.

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And so the judge ruled that if the film is going to be distributed to public schools it would need an accompanying text explaining that it is partisan and political rather than scientifically truthful.

The Judge also awarded the plaintiff, a truck driving father of two, almost $200,000 in legal expenses.

[Bob Leibowitz]

The article includes the Judge's list of the errors that require correction or balance, items we won't see on NBC.

Judge Finds Nine Untruths in "Political" and "Partisan" Gore Movie

I wonder who is to pay the $200,000?