Is Michael Mann Finished?
Ask why this angle was chosen.
(John Hinderaker) Climate alarmist Michael Mann was for quite a few years the go-to “climate scientist” in the left-wing press. But the Associated Press’s sub silentio deletion of Mann from its story on the Trump administration’s revocation of the Obama administration’s CO2 endangerment finding suggests that Mann may have lost that status.
The Associated Press is, of course, on the Democratic Party’s team on this issue. They are wrong, but that isn’t the point here. The AP’s story is titled “Trump set to gut U.S. climate change policy and environmental regulations: White House official.” It begins:
The Trump administration is expected this week to revoke a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, according to a White House official.
In the original version of the article, which you can still read via the web archive, the AP gave the last word to Michael Mann. This is particularly important, since journalists generally give the last quote in an article to the person they agree with, and want the reader to believe. This is the original conclusion to the AP story, as published on Tuesday:
University of Pennsylvania climate scientist Michael Mann said a rollback would cement the latest form of Republican climate denial.
“They can no longer deny climate change is happening, so instead they’re pretending it’s not a threat, despite the overwhelming scientific evidence that it is, perhaps the greatest threat that we face today,” Mann said.
But post-publication, the AP quietly deleted Mann’s contribution. The story now ends this way:
Following Zeldin’s proposal to repeal the rule, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine reassessed the science underpinning the 2009 finding and concluded it was “accurate, has stood the test of time, and is now reinforced by even stronger evidence.”
Much of the understanding of climate change that was uncertain or tentative in 2009 is now resolved, the NAS panel of scientists said in a September report. “The evidence for current and future harm to human health and welfare created by human-caused greenhouse gases is beyond scientific dispute,” the panel said.
Michael Mann is nowhere to be found in the revised version of the story. Why not? I assume it is because someone pointed out to the AP reporters that the Superior Court in the District of Columbia fined Mann for knowingly presenting false evidence to the jury in the defamation case where Mann sued National Review, Mark Steyn and others. The court sanctioned Mann more than $28,000 for his “bad faith litigation tactics.” The AP must have decided that Mann is no longer someone whose opinions they should present to the public as reliable and “scientific.” …
Ask why this angle was chosen.
(John Hinderaker) Climate alarmist Michael Mann was for quite a few years the go-to “climate scientist” in the left-wing press. But the Associated Press’s sub silentio deletion of Mann from its story on the Trump administration’s revocation of the Obama administration’s CO2 endangerment finding suggests that Mann may have lost that status.
The Associated Press is, of course, on the Democratic Party’s team on this issue. They are wrong, but that isn’t the point here. The AP’s story is titled “Trump set to gut U.S. climate change policy and environmental regulations: White House official.” It begins:
The Trump administration is expected this week to revoke a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, according to a White House official.
In the original version of the article, which you can still read via the web archive, the AP gave the last word to Michael Mann. This is particularly important, since journalists generally give the last quote in an article to the person they agree with, and want the reader to believe. This is the original conclusion to the AP story, as published on Tuesday:
University of Pennsylvania climate scientist Michael Mann said a rollback would cement the latest form of Republican climate denial.
“They can no longer deny climate change is happening, so instead they’re pretending it’s not a threat, despite the overwhelming scientific evidence that it is, perhaps the greatest threat that we face today,” Mann said.
But post-publication, the AP quietly deleted Mann’s contribution. The story now ends this way:
Following Zeldin’s proposal to repeal the rule, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine reassessed the science underpinning the 2009 finding and concluded it was “accurate, has stood the test of time, and is now reinforced by even stronger evidence.”
Much of the understanding of climate change that was uncertain or tentative in 2009 is now resolved, the NAS panel of scientists said in a September report. “The evidence for current and future harm to human health and welfare created by human-caused greenhouse gases is beyond scientific dispute,” the panel said.
Michael Mann is nowhere to be found in the revised version of the story. Why not? I assume it is because someone pointed out to the AP reporters that the Superior Court in the District of Columbia fined Mann for knowingly presenting false evidence to the jury in the defamation case where Mann sued National Review, Mark Steyn and others. The court sanctioned Mann more than $28,000 for his “bad faith litigation tactics.” The AP must have decided that Mann is no longer someone whose opinions they should present to the public as reliable and “scientific.” …
Is Michael Mann Finished?
Ask why this angle was chosen.
(John Hinderaker) Climate alarmist Michael Mann was for quite a few years the go-to “climate scientist” in the left-wing press. But the Associated Press’s sub silentio deletion of Mann from its story on the Trump administration’s revocation of the Obama administration’s CO2 endangerment finding suggests that Mann may have lost that status.
The Associated Press is, of course, on the Democratic Party’s team on this issue. They are wrong, but that isn’t the point here. The AP’s story is titled “Trump set to gut U.S. climate change policy and environmental regulations: White House official.” It begins:
The Trump administration is expected this week to revoke a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, according to a White House official.
In the original version of the article, which you can still read via the web archive, the AP gave the last word to Michael Mann. This is particularly important, since journalists generally give the last quote in an article to the person they agree with, and want the reader to believe. This is the original conclusion to the AP story, as published on Tuesday:
University of Pennsylvania climate scientist Michael Mann said a rollback would cement the latest form of Republican climate denial.
“They can no longer deny climate change is happening, so instead they’re pretending it’s not a threat, despite the overwhelming scientific evidence that it is, perhaps the greatest threat that we face today,” Mann said.
But post-publication, the AP quietly deleted Mann’s contribution. The story now ends this way:
Following Zeldin’s proposal to repeal the rule, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine reassessed the science underpinning the 2009 finding and concluded it was “accurate, has stood the test of time, and is now reinforced by even stronger evidence.”
Much of the understanding of climate change that was uncertain or tentative in 2009 is now resolved, the NAS panel of scientists said in a September report. “The evidence for current and future harm to human health and welfare created by human-caused greenhouse gases is beyond scientific dispute,” the panel said.
Michael Mann is nowhere to be found in the revised version of the story. Why not? I assume it is because someone pointed out to the AP reporters that the Superior Court in the District of Columbia fined Mann for knowingly presenting false evidence to the jury in the defamation case where Mann sued National Review, Mark Steyn and others. The court sanctioned Mann more than $28,000 for his “bad faith litigation tactics.” The AP must have decided that Mann is no longer someone whose opinions they should present to the public as reliable and “scientific.” …
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