This one I feel deserves an individual airing as we continually hear from the deniers that data manipulation is a myth and climate scientists are somehow above all else and wouldn't stoop to such low levels of non professionalism [1] in an attempt to use flawed data to influence world agenda outcomes. Coming [2] straight from the horses mouth [3] as part of an inquiry by Congress it's pretty damming stuff [4] and obviously impossible to palm off as just another nut case
https://science.house.gov/news/press-releases/former-noaa-scientist-confirms-colleagues-manipulated-climate-records
Well gooollee Mattk, just as I was about to post this comment on your previous thread, which I've been diligently gathering and sourcing (with corroboratory links even!), you pop this one out. Oh well, I'll just C&P it over there too, most of it fits in either.
[1] These malicious attempts to accuse the meteo scientific community of falsifying 'the data' have been thoroughly debunked multiple times.
http://www.factcheck.org/2017/02/no-data-manipulation-at-noaa/http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2015/noaa-analysis-journal-science-no-slowdown-in-global-warming-in-recent-years.htmlhttp://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/02/how-culture-clash-noaa-led-flap-over-high-profile-warming-pause-study[2] Straight from the horse's ass, Rep. Lamar Smith is a well known anti-science politician. He also is one of the top recipients in Congress of fossil energy sector political 'donations'
(hint, hint).
ibid.
http://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/contributors?cycle=Career&cid=N00001811http://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00001811[3] This wholly politically motivated, stacked and twisted 'inquiry' was convened solely to attempt to discredit NOAA and other meteo agencies and groups. As with item 1 above, it has been thoroughly dissected and discredited for the cheap political assassination attempt that it is.
ibid.
[4] But it IS just an attempt to "palm off" pure propaganda and bullchit as something of substance, when it was just a glossy coat on the usual denier turds.
For y'all unaware of what drive$ Smith, and what an anti-science, anti-logic&rationalityosed-minded jerk he is, here's some useful background info from Wiki (a peer-reviewed source of (usually) factual info)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamar_S._Smith"As the Head of the House Science Committee, Smith has been harsly criticized for promoting climate change denial, baselessly attacking scientific outlets and researchers, and receiving funding from oil and gas companies.[2][3][4][5][6][7] He was formerly a contributor to Breitbart News.[8]...
"Climate change
As of 2015, Smith has received more than $600,000 from the fossil fuel industry during his career in Congress.[53] In 2014, Smith got more money from fossil fuels than he did from any other industry.[54] Smith publicly denies global warming.[55][56][57]
Under his leadership, the House Science committee has held hearings that feature the views of climate change deniers,[58] subpoenaed the records and communications of scientists who published papers that Smith disapproved of, [blatant intimidation] [55] and attempted to cut NASA's earth sciences budget.[59] He has been criticized for conducting "witch hunts" against climate scientists.[54] In his capacity as Chair of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, Smith issued more subpoenas in his first three years than the committee had for its entire 54-year history.[54]
In a June 2016 response letter to the Union of Concerned Scientists, Mr. Smith cited the work of the House Un-American Activities Committee in the 1950s as valid legal precedent for his investigation.[60][61] Smith has a lifetime score of 7% on the National Environmental Scorecard of the League of Conservation Voters.[62][63][64]On December 1, 2016 as Chair on the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, he tweeted out on behalf of that committee a Breitbart article denying climate change.[65]"
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