Do you think Rep. Barton was being unfair to Dr. Mann?

Question

Earlier this year, Texas Rep. Joe Barton issued letters to paleoclimatologist Michael Mann and some of his co-authors seeking the details behind a taxpayer-funded analysis that claimed the 1990s were likely the warmest decade and 1998 the warmest year in the last millennium. Mr. Barton's concern was based on the fact that the IPCC had singled out Mr. Mann's work as a means to encourage policy makers to take action. And they did so before his work could be replicated and tested--a task made difficult because Mr. Mann, a key IPCC author, had refused to release the details for analysis. The scientific community's defense of Mr. Mann was, nonetheless, immediate and harsh. The president of the National Academy of Sciences--as well as the American Meteorological Society and the American Geophysical Union--formally protested, saying that Rep. Barton's singling out of a scientist's work smacked of intimidation.

http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110008220

Answer 1

I don't think it's a matter of being unfair to Dr Mann.  I think Dr Mann is being unfair to taxpayers with his less than scientific approach to research.  He's not trying to increase scientific knowledge, he's only pushing his own political agenda.

Answer 2

A thermometer can't intimidate anyone.  The recent data confirms that global climate change is happening at faster pace than first thought.

Answer 3

NO ! This is typical of the liberal socialist bias` media not reporting articles that they themselves don`t support ! Strong hints of a Socialist Bureaucracy in the scientific community here !  An excellent example of "The Vision Of The Elite " and their arrogance in trying to crush free thinking , and opposing credible true facts that rebuff their false claims  !!!  Real evidence of a " Vast Left Wing Conspiracy " denying being wrong on gorebal warming ! Fuzzy Science !