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Frontline documentary on Exxon and early climate denial
This FRONTLINE documentary examines the early climate research inside Exxon, the company’s response to emerging science, and the broader fossil fuel industry role in delaying action on climate change.
Climate and industry context
Covers how oil and gas became central to modern life while climate risks grew more severe.
Inside Exxon
Focuses on what Exxon knew about climate change decades ago and how that knowledge was handled.
Documentary evidence
Uses interviews and newly uncovered documents to trace the rise of climate misinformation.
Topics
Fossil fuels and society
The film examines how oil and gas powered growth while contributing to climate risk.
Early climate science
Scientists inside Exxon and at NASA discuss early climate research and greenhouse warming.
Climate denial and archives
The documentary uses interviews and documents to explore misinformation and delay.
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Exxon had been doing rigorous peer viwed research in the 80s was St staging to me I've become a curator of documents the evidence from the Exxon documents is that there was a Cadre of really smart scientists putting Exxon in a position of authority on the science of climate change gasoline and fuel oil prices fell
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Audience comments snapshot
Comments Overview
Viewers focus on the documentary’s account of climate denial, the influence of oil industry messaging, and the contrast between what researchers knew and what was later said publicly. The comments also reflect frustration at the scale of the consequences and the difficulty of accountability.
Comment themes
Corporate climate history
The audience is responding to a documentary about Exxon, climate science, and the early history of organized denial.
Public frustration
Comments emphasize anger, disbelief, and moral judgment about delayed action on climate change.
Documentary evidence
The documentary’s archival evidence and interviews appear to be a central draw for viewers.
Audience signals
Frontline’s presentation stands out
Several comments praise Frontline’s narration and reporting style, especially its steady, authoritative delivery.
Doubt and disinformation draw attention
Viewers react strongly to the idea that companies helped shape doubt while scientific evidence was already accumulating.
Long-term consequences feel immediate
The comments connect the film’s claims to present-day climate damage and delayed action.
Accountability is a major concern
Some reactions focus on corporate power and the imbalance between public harm and private responsibility.
Representative public comments
One of the best things about Frontline is the narrator, his voice is so smooth and tonally perfect, consistent year after year: William Lyman is an American voice-over artist, actor, and musician. Being known for his polished, resonant voice, Lyman has narrated the PBS series Frontline since its second season in 198...
The sad inevitability for humankind is that most of the power is in the hands of the most irresponsible.
It will never cease to amaze me how much bs you can get away with when you have enough money and a public lazy enough to just buy whatever message you feed them. I know the internet changed our access and understanding, but these companies just lied boldly at every turn. The best we get is a weak excuse 30 years later.
It’s astounding to hear the lobbyists and PR people say, in so many words, “our job wasn’t to tell the truth, our job was to sow doubts about what was true”. Only one of them sounded as if he’d ever given it any thought.
Human beings will collectively get what they deserve. But the problem is that so many don’t deserve what the world is giving them. It’s insane.
Following the part where they call the Kyoto Protocol “economically damaging” with entire buildings and city infrastructure washing away is 💯. Anyways, all these people who knew and purposefully prevented intervention should be tried for the manslaughter for every person who has died in a climate disaster.
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