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salvorhardin

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8. Yeah, I really thought the NPR slant on this was out of line

Reply to RainDog (Reply #7)

Wed Feb 22, 2012, 07:56 PM

Feb 2012

Like Megan McArdle at The Atlantic, I'm puzzled by Gleick's actions considering that he knows how duplicitous Heartland is. He should have suspected that they'd have slipped a fake document in there. I think this is much the same sort of setup as the video "sting" of Ron Schiller at NPR last year. If only Gleick had taken these documents to Pro Publica or something instead of trying to investigate them on his own.

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Climate Scientist Admits To Lying, Leaking Documents [View all] salvorhardin Feb 2012 OP

Heartland INSTITUTIONALIZED deception, yet Gleick's actions are "inappropriate?" mike_c Feb 2012 #1

I am so sure this truly upsets you. ret5hd Feb 2012 #2

so the man fools those cretins at the heartland institute and exposes them, and we are to find his niyad Feb 2012 #3

Good for him! eShirl Feb 2012 #4

Attack the messenger!! joe1991 Feb 2012 #5

excellent eShirl Feb 2012 #6

Gleick's actions don't diminish the validity of decades of climate research RainDog Feb 2012 #7

Yeah, I really thought the NPR slant on this was out of line salvorhardin Feb 2012 #8