[Climate scientist] Peter Gleick Admits to Deception in Obtaining Heartland Climate Files

[OneAngryDemocrat]

3. There's no story here - not really.

Am I missing something, here?

So the man asked for right-wing documents under an assumed name... but so the fuck what?

Two wrongs don't make a right, so the argument that Heartland has done the same is irrelevent.

I solicited and received additional materials directly from the Heartland Institute under someone else’s name. The materials the Heartland Institute sent to me confirmed many of the facts in the original document, including especially their 2012 fundraising strategy and budget. I forwarded, anonymously, the documents I had received to a set of journalists and experts working on climate issues. I can explicitly confirm, as can the Heartland Institute, that the documents they emailed to me are identical to the documents that have been made public. I made no changes or alterations of any kind to any of the Heartland Institute documents or to the original anonymous communication.

What's the radical right actually going to say? The guy gave a bogus name? That's so petty I don't think the story is going to last more than one flash scroll at the bottom of Fox's fake News channel.