Merchants of Doubt
How a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming.
How a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco...
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2014
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Spin doctors spread misinformation and confusion among American citizens to delay progress on such important issues as global climate change.
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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
96 min
Release date:
8 Nov 2014
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$192,400
Awards:
1 win & 4 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
A movie about manufactured consensus would be a vital public service. But "Merchants of Doubt" isn't quite that movie.
– Joe Williams,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
9 Apr 2015
fresh:
Aside from an eye-opening investigation of useless and harmful flame repellents pumped into furniture, it sticks to climate change without broadening its scope to other examples of corporate spinning, which must be plentiful.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
3 Apr 2015
fresh:
A compelling expose of professional propagandists, though the movie itself is not agenda-free.
– Rafer Guzman,
Newsday,
2 Apr 2015
fresh:
You leave "Merchants of Doubt," as you do any good muckraking documentary, both fascinated and enraged ...
– Moira MacDonald,
Seattle Times,
27 Mar 2015
fresh:
Merchants of Doubt shouldn't be a hard sell. The fact that it is should make you very mad.
– Steven Rea,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
26 Mar 2015