The Trick
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Explore the 2009 Climategate scandal, when media undermined the science of climate change.
Professor Phil Jones and his team at the University of East Anglia find themselves in the middle of a major investigation with their 30 years of research work being questioned in the first “fake news” attack.
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The Trick
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Preview: Episode 1 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Professor Phil Jones and his team at the University of East Anglia find themselves in the middle of a major investigation with their 30 years of research work being questioned in the first “fake news” attack.
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Ruth reminds Neil that the stakes of this are far more personal than one PR job. (1m 59s)
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The scandal has become more about the issue of the truth –and who gets to tell it. (1m 49s)
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