I'm too pessimistic to believe this lawsuit over climate change will prevail

Climate scientist's lawsuit could wipe out conservative National Review magazine (Click on this heading to read more)

By David Ferguson
Thursday, January 30, 2014 14:31 EST
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The National Review magazine, longstanding house news organ of the establishment right, is facing a lawsuit that could shutter the publication permanently. According to The Week, a suit by a climate scientist threatens to bankrupt the already financially shaky publication and its website, the National Review Online (NRO).
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Scientist Michael Mann is suing the Review over statements made by Canadian right-wing polemicist and occasional radio stand-in for Rush Limbaugh, Mark Steyn. Steyn was writing on the topic of climate change when he accused Mann of falsifying data and perpetuating intellectual fraud through his research.
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Steyn went on to quote paid anti-climate science operative Rand Simberg - an employee of the right-wing think tank the Competitive Enterprise Institute - who compared Mann to Penn State's convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky.