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Authored by: Gringo_ on Wednesday, October 24 2012 @ 11:47 AM EDT |
While Mann's "hockey stick" graph depicting climate change
was bogus, I really
think NR was over the top in their
criticism of Mann...
Mann
could be said to be the Jerry Sandusky
of climate science, except that instead
of molesting
children, he has molested and tortured data in the service
of
politicized science that could have dire economic
consequences for the nation
and planet.
Comparing Mann to an infamous child molester is
extreme
and uncalled for, and beyond that, it trivializes child
molestation. I
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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, October 24 2012 @ 12:03 PM EDT |
I support free speech, but I'm not comfortable with the idea
of the press making wild accusations against someone
(fraudulent, comparisons to a child molester etc), and then
using the inevitable complaint as a chance to go on a
fishing expedition to further their editorial objectives.
I don't know anything about this potential case or the
history other than what is in that article, but NR comes
across badly to me, even if they haven't broken any laws
with their accusations.
Saying someone is fraudulent is a very different matter to
saying they are wrong, biased, misinformed or whatever.
Frankly I suspect a fishing expedition into scientific
records by a hostile agency is guaranteed to throw up stuff
they can misunderstand or misconstrue regardless of anything
untoward being present (which there may or may not be - I
have no idea).
Reading that article has given me a profoundly negative
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Authored by: YurtGuppy on Wednesday, October 24 2012 @ 01:20 PM EDT |
It was blog posting on National Review Online not an article in the NR
magazine. (I do not know if they do "editorial" oversight of the NRO
blog. But Mann wanted a take down and didn't get it. So the real issue, to me,
is blog takedown.)
Mark Stein replies (another NRO post)
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/331497/nobel-mann-takes-revolting-peasants-
mark-steyn
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a small fish in an even smaller pond[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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