Michael Mann's Brief Lays Out Details On Nat. Review Case; Accusation Of Dishonesty Is Defamation

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9. Lots of assumptions in there

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The case for professional fraud against Mann is not as clear cut as you make it out. Some people will look at what he did by splicing two different temperature sets together without explicitly calling it out and see it as fraud. Others (such as myself) do not see it that way. Regardless, the fact that honest people can see it different ways makes it a matter of opinion, and therefore a matter of free speech.

For me, the bottom line is that if Steyn's comments are not protected speech, half the posts on DU ripping on Republicans wouldn't be either. Do you really want to live in a country like that?

Here is the ACLU brief:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/184278542/Michael-Mann-v-National-Review-et-all-ACLU-amicus