tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post428116073525214430..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: Making a mess is easier than cleaning it upbyron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-47400771041069015222010-12-02T22:09:28.785+00:002010-12-02T22:09:28.785+00:00North loses two more complaints to the UK Press Co...<a href="http://climateprogress.org/2010/11/29/richard-north-amazongate-blogger-denier/" rel="nofollow">North loses two more complaints</a> to the UK Press Complaints Commission.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-25915325194744015102010-08-30T11:53:52.342+01:002010-08-30T11:53:52.342+01:00CP: Tribalism in climate science and climate journ...<a href="http://climateprogress.org/2010/08/29/andy-revkin-climate-science-aclimate-journalism/" rel="nofollow">CP</a>: Tribalism in climate science and climate journalism.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-4582573982379534802010-08-27T16:10:30.301+01:002010-08-27T16:10:30.301+01:00Time will tell who is right.
Looks like it wasn...<i>Time will tell who is right.</i><br />Looks like it <a href="http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2010/08/26/the-smearing-of-an-innocent-man/" rel="nofollow">wasn't North</a>, once again.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-6308932396539253422010-07-26T11:07:03.675+01:002010-07-26T11:07:03.675+01:00Too little, too late says Rodney Tiffin, about the...<a href="http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/you-wouldnt-read-about-it-climate-scientists-right-20100725-10qev.html" rel="nofollow">Too little, too late</a> says Rodney Tiffin, about the lack of media coverage for all the hacked email exonerations and lack of apologies from the most shrill commentators for their slander back in November and December. His short article is itself byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-17897077735475154472010-07-14T16:37:48.288+01:002010-07-14T16:37:48.288+01:00The manufacturing of "climategate": a ti...The manufacturing of "climategate": <a href="http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/12/09/climate-gate-timeline/" rel="nofollow">a timeline</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-88497779932584096262010-07-14T13:24:26.963+01:002010-07-14T13:24:26.963+01:00NYT editorial.<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/opinion/11sun2.html?_r=1" rel="nofollow">NYT editorial</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-81434601771564638362010-07-09T11:21:47.057+01:002010-07-09T11:21:47.057+01:00On Fred Pearce and the Guardian.<a href="http://hot-topic.co.nz/a-new-journalistic-fiction/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+co/RbRF+(Hot+Topic)" rel="nofollow">On Fred Pearce and the <i>Guardian</i></a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-70068996192067002292010-07-08T16:17:13.990+01:002010-07-08T16:17:13.990+01:00More details and links about FOI requests are here...More details and links about FOI requests are <a href="http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylc=X3oDMTB1a2x0anY5BF9TAzIxMTU1MDA0NDMEc2VjA3BlZXBfZQRzbGsDcQ--?qid=20100707100340AAbfmfZ" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a href="http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100618101531AAw49Bo" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br />I realise that Yahoo Answers is a very poor source of information, byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-87195011267663453562010-07-08T16:14:34.573+01:002010-07-08T16:14:34.573+01:00To put the FOI requests in context, CRU were being...To put the FOI requests in context, CRU were being flooded with <a href="http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090812/full/460787a.html" rel="nofollow">huge numbers of requests</a>, ten a day during one period and nearly all from a small handful of individuals. This doesn't excuse their behaviour, but it does give some relevant context.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-66421029076936715322010-07-08T13:19:17.586+01:002010-07-08T13:19:17.586+01:00And a good collection of links to all the previous...And <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2010/07/climate_scientists_vindicated.php" rel="nofollow">a good collection of links to all the previous vindications</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1477275364869884462010-07-08T13:16:29.056+01:002010-07-08T13:16:29.056+01:00Two more takes: the nontroversy.
And Monbiot has ...Two more takes: <a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/climategate-dead-or-long-live-climategate" rel="nofollow">the nontroversy</a>.<br /><br />And Monbiot has <a href="http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2010/07/07/filth-and-fury/" rel="nofollow">apologised to Jones</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-28328662385058632522010-07-05T16:22:18.626+01:002010-07-05T16:22:18.626+01:00And in case you think that a tier-one university m...And in case you think that a tier-one university might engage in whitewash for the sake of an employee, read <a href="http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2010/02/15/psu-cover-up-extremely-unlikely/" rel="nofollow">here</a> to see how unlikely that is. Basically, a university's reputation is its lifeblood (all the more so for a top research school like in this case) and it is far, far better to byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-12343129449690403452010-07-05T15:30:51.381+01:002010-07-05T15:30:51.381+01:00BTW, Mann has been exonerated yet again, with more...BTW, <a href="http://live.psu.edu/fullimg/userpics/10026/Final_Investigation_Report.pdf" rel="nofollow">Mann has been exonerated yet again</a>, with more commentary <a href="http://climateprogress.org/2010/07/01/michael-mann-hockey-stick-exonerated-penn-state/" rel="nofollow">here</a> (amongst other places).byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-76121308447311288562010-07-05T11:58:29.905+01:002010-07-05T11:58:29.905+01:00Monbiot makes an interesting contribution, includi...<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/georgemonbiot/2010/jul/02/ipcc-amazongate-george-monbiot" rel="nofollow">Monbiot</a> makes an interesting contribution, including documenting more of the history of Booker's mistakes.<br /><br /><i>You are a good fellow but a little too addicted in my opinion to some rather shifty "science". I think you would be better off cutting your byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-31222714003905103162010-06-27T23:29:11.140+01:002010-06-27T23:29:11.140+01:00Did you mean to imply that Professor Lewis was wro...<i>Did you mean to imply that Professor Lewis was wrong to object?</i><br /><br />No, not at all. I have considerable sympathy for Prof Lewis. If it had happened to me I would have been angry. All I was saying was the question of Lewis' integrity and demand for an apology was as much a part of the story as the fabrication conveyed in the newspaper report.<br /><br /><i>Or that the fact that David Palmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12915892358086536345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-40132098808145332532010-06-27T15:28:23.364+01:002010-06-27T15:28:23.364+01:00My apologies. I was just confused by what you mean...My apologies. I was just confused by what you meant. And I still am. Did you mean to imply that Professor Lewis was wrong to object? Or that the fact that he objected somehow makes the original misrepresentation less serious?<br /><br />As I said, I'm not particularly annoyed, I'm mainly confused. And I'm wondering why you're sticking up for North, who has a history of spreading byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-58367592208013080212010-06-27T07:13:35.214+01:002010-06-27T07:13:35.214+01:00Byron,
If you want to take me to task, take care ...Byron,<br /><br />If you want to take me to task, take care to quote me correctly.<br /><br />I didn't say <i>more about</i>, I said <i>as much about</i>. There is a difference.<br /><br />I think unfortunately I've got to the point where I'm aggravating you and therefore I'll desist from posting, at least for awhile.<br /><br />I have had a blog identity registered for some timeDavid Palmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12915892358086536345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-53339545434419019282010-06-26T14:25:12.591+01:002010-06-26T14:25:12.591+01:00What do you mean that this story is more about Pro...What do you mean that this story is <i>more about Professor Lewis</i>? More than what? More than about terrible journalism or editing? More than about the echo chamber that picked up this story and ran with it on nothing but a misplaced citation? <br /><br />I'm pleased to see that North has admitted his mistake. It is refreshing to see someone willing to own up.<br /><br />His further claimsbyron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-34228785980951480492010-06-26T08:34:56.152+01:002010-06-26T08:34:56.152+01:00To be fair this story is as much about Professor L...To be fair this story is as much about Professor Lewis objecting to the Sunday Times changing the story he had given them.<br /><br />Richard North who seems to have been behind the original story put out a <a href="http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/2010/01/corruption-of-science.html" rel="nofollow">retraction</a> for an oversight on his part but he also demonstrated that IPCC's claims rested David Palmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12915892358086536345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-74601286764281609302010-06-25T14:34:45.188+01:002010-06-25T14:34:45.188+01:00"Amazongate" is toast, yet the Sunday Ti...<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/georgemonbiot/2010/jun/24/sunday-times-amazongate-ipcc" rel="nofollow">"Amazongate" is toast</a>, yet the Sunday Times are circling the wagons rather than trying to figure out what went wrong.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-52406380390633350922010-06-23T18:51:37.417+01:002010-06-23T18:51:37.417+01:00Ross Gittens on why the media nearly always blow t...<a href="http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/roasting-some-old-chestnuts-20100622-yvgo.html?autostart=1" rel="nofollow">Ross Gittens on why the media nearly always blow the real story</a> and why you should barely believe a word they say.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-88749430006247793702010-06-22T16:20:51.918+01:002010-06-22T16:20:51.918+01:00Another good summary for those trying to get a han...<a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/uk-sunday-times-retracts-bogus-%E2%80%98amazongate%E2%80%99-story-apologizes-simon-lewis" rel="nofollow">Another good summary for those trying to get a handle on this story</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.com