The Hockey Stick and the Mann v. Ball Libel Suit
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By 2007, the MBH98/99 papers had been thoroughly investigated. The MBH hockey stick was found to be robust to statistical method and it was replicated by multiple other reconstructions (above, and discussed here , here and here ). After the CRU emails were hacked and published, a new set of conspiracy theories were popularized on blogs and YouTube - these were based on a misreading of various emails (discussed here and here ), but contrarian rhetoric was ramping up to a frenzy. Mann was frequently labeled a criminal and fraud, the hockey stick was called a scam or a hoax. The Mann v Ball Libel Suit In an interview with the Frontier Centre for Public Policy (FCPP), Tim Ball was asked, "Various government and academic agencies have whitewashed the Climategate scandal so far. Do you think anyone will be prosecuted for fraud?” Tim Ball's response was, “Michael Mann at Penn State should be in the State Pen, not Penn State.” This was posted on the FCPP website and a...