TY - ADVS AU - Kenner,Robert AU - Callahan,Patricia AU - Crawford,Matthew AU - Oreskes,Naomi AU - Conway,Erik M. ED - Sony Pictures Classics (Firm), TI - Merchants of doubt AV - Q225 .M47 2015 U1 - 174.95 23 PY - 2015///] CY - Culver City, CA PB - Sony Pictures Classics KW - Scientists KW - Professional ethics KW - Science news KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - Democracy and science KW - Blu-ray discs KW - Documentary films KW - lcgft KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired KW - Video recordings for people with visual disabilities N1 - Title from container; Inspired by the book Merchants of doubt by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway; Patricia Callahan, Matthew Crawford; MPAA rating: PG-13; for brief strong language; CHV rating: PG N2 - Inspired by the book by Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway, the film takes audiences on a satirically comedic, yet illuminating ride into the heart of conjuring American spin. Filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the curtain on a secretive group of highly charismatic, silver-tongued pundits-for-hire who present themselves in the media as scientific authorities, yet have the aim of spreading maximum confusion about well-studied public threats ranging from toxic chemicals to pharmaceuticals to climate change ER -