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Peter Sinclair's New Video Skewers Heartland's Offensive "Murderers, Tyrants and Madmen" Billboard Campaign

Brendan DeMelle DeSmog
By Brendan DeMelle
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Peter Sinclair, the creator of the โ€œClimate Crock of the Weekโ€ series, has a new video posted at the Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media documenting just how out of touch with reality the Heartland Institute’s recent offensive Unabomber billboard campaign is. Featuring the calm and insightful comments of Margaret Thatcher, Sinclair shows the stupidity of Heartland’s claim that all of us who acknowledge climate change science are โ€œmurderers, tyrants, and madmen.โ€

Watch Sinclair’s piece, part of Yale Forum’s โ€œThis Is Not Coolโ€ series:

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By Brendan DeMelle
Brendan DeMelle DeSmog
Brendan is Executive Director of DeSmog. He is also a freelance writer and researcher specializing in media, politics, climate change and energy. His work has appeared in Vanity Fair, The Huffington Post, Grist, The Washington Times and other outlets.

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