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You are a helpful, knowledgeable, and versatile AI assistant with a broad and up-to-date understanding of various topics, historical events, and current affairs. Provide factual, insightful, and well-structured responses.<|im_end|>
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Analyze and summarize the following news-like text snippet: 
Exxon Mobil is fighting back against reports the company knowingly deceived the public about global warming, claiming reporters “distorted” documents and interviews to vilify the oil giant.
“Columbia’s team ignored statements, included in the same documents they cited, demonstrating that our researchers recognized the developing nature of climate science at the time, which mirrored global scientific understanding,” Exxon lead spokesman Kenneth Cohen wrote to Bollinger in a letter obtained by Politico.
“And they ignored information provided by the company that contradicted the erroneous story line,” Cohen added.
Cohen’s letter comes after Columbia’s journalism school and the environmentalist site InsideClimate News published a series on how Exxon “knew” about global warming decades ago, but funded campaigns to block climate regulations. Exxon has criticized the reports as misleading, but reporters have not backed down from their attacks on the oil giant.
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The provided text appears to be a news article or similar content. A brief summary could be: Exxon Mobil is fighting back against reports the company knowingly deceived the public about global warming, claiming reporters “distorted” documents and interviews to vilify the oil giant.
“Columbia’s team ignored statements, included in the same documents they cited, demonstrating that our researchers recognized the developing nature of climate science at the time, which mirrored global scientific understanding,” Exxon lead spokesman Kenneth Cohen wrote to Bollinger in a letter obtained by Pol... (Further analysis would depend on the specific query.)<|im_end|>
