In the New York Times, Andrew Revkin weighs in today with his spin on NASA's temperature data errors, downplaying the whole affair. The story is written with the clear intent of trivializing the error and discrediting critics., blaming the blogosphere for making a mountain out of a molehill. He winds up with an affirmation of global warming dogma to reassure true believers. Cleverly peppering his story with adjectives like "smaller" and "statistically meaningless" to describe the errors, Revkin proves himself a master Timesman, creating the impression that Steve McIntyre and NASA's James Hansen are in general agreement about this whole global warming business. Now that the warm year rankings have been reordered, he proclaims that the media paid too much attention to the records. I would appreciate Revkin pointing out his and the NYT's previous debunking of the significance of  Hansen's...(Read Full Post)