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'''Climategate''' refers to the [[Global Warming Controversy]], a theory which asserts that human activity causes dangerous increases in temperatures and thus [[climate change]]. Climategate began after a hacker, or perhaps a whistle-blower, broke into the Climate Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia in the [[United Kingdom|UK]], obtaining thousands of [[e-mail|e-mails]] and documents, from which evidence revealed told the truth about man-made [[global warming]]: it's a [[hoax]].<ref>James Delingpole. [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100018246/climategate-how-the-greatest-scientific-scandal-of-our-generation-got-its-name/ Climategate: how the 'greatest scientific scandal of our generation' got its name], Telegraph.co.uk, November 29th, 2009.</ref><ref>Rush Limbaugh. [http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_113009/content/01125109.guest.html Universe of Lies: Big Warmers Try to Whitewash ClimateGate Fraud], RushLimbaugh.com, November 30, 2009.</ref><ref>http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=7168</ref><ref>Marc Sheppard. [http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/11/crus_source_code_climategate_r.html CRU's Source Code: Climategate Uncovered], ''American Thinker'', November 25, 2009.</ref> The scandal that the suffix –gate implies is the state of climate science over the past decade revealed by a thousand emails, documents, and computer code sets between various prominent scientists released following the leaked data from the Climate Research Unit.<ref name=3things>Iain Murray. [http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/three-things-you-absolutely-must-know-about-climategate/ Three Things You Absolutely Must Know About Climategate], ''Pajamas Media'', November 24, 2009.</ref> Climategate is said to have revealed the biggest scientific hoax in [[world]] history as the worst scandal of this [[generation]].<ref>Christopher Booker. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/6679082/Climate-change-this-is-the-worst-scientific-scandal-of-our-generation.html Climate change: this is the worst scientific scandal of our generation], Telegraph.co.uk, November 28, 2009.</ref>
'''Climategate''' refers to the [[Global Warming Controversy]], a theory which asserts that human activity causes dangerous increases in temperatures and thus [[climate change]]. On November 19, 2009, climate [[science]] was severely shaken by the release of a collection of [[e-mail|email messages]], together with a collection of data and data processing programs, that were hacked or revealed by a whistle blower from the University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit (CRU) in the [[United Kingdom|UK]], one of the key centers of [[global warming]] research. These emails and text files have been the subject of intense debate, calling to question assumptions on anthropogenic (man-made) global warming; evidence revealed told the truth about man-made [[global warming]]: it's a [[hoax]].<ref>James Delingpole. [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100018246/climategate-how-the-greatest-scientific-scandal-of-our-generation-got-its-name/ Climategate: how the 'greatest scientific scandal of our generation' got its name], Telegraph.co.uk, November 29th, 2009.</ref><ref>Rush Limbaugh. [http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_113009/content/01125109.guest.html Universe of Lies: Big Warmers Try to Whitewash ClimateGate Fraud], RushLimbaugh.com, November 30, 2009.</ref><ref>http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=7168</ref><ref>Marc Sheppard. [http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/11/crus_source_code_climategate_r.html CRU's Source Code: Climategate Uncovered], ''American Thinker'', November 25, 2009.</ref>
The scandal that the suffix –'''gate''' implies is the state of climate science over the past decade revealed by a thousand emails, documents, and computer code sets between various prominent scientists released following the leaked data from the Climate Research Unit.<ref name=3things>Iain Murray. [http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/three-things-you-absolutely-must-know-about-climategate/ Three Things You Absolutely Must Know About Climategate], ''Pajamas Media'', November 24, 2009.</ref> Climategate is said to have revealed the biggest scientific hoax in [[world]] history as the worst scandal of this [[generation]].<ref>Christopher Booker. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/6679082/Climate-change-this-is-the-worst-scientific-scandal-of-our-generation.html Climate change: this is the worst scientific scandal of our generation], Telegraph.co.uk, November 28, 2009.</ref>
==Overview==
On November 19, 2009, climate science was severely shaken by the release of a collection of email messages, together with a collection of data and data processing programs, that were hacked or revealed by a whistle blower from the University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit (CRU), one of the key centers of global warming research.
==Three takeaways==
==Three takeaways==
==Media coverage==
==Media coverage==
In the wake of the Climategate scandal, a truly bizarre situation happened; the mainstream media stories about global warming pretended the uncovered documents never happened. As Climategate was totally ignored by most TV news outlets, [[Fox News]] appeared to be the only national news media in [[United States|America]] interested in the growing Climategate scandal.<ref>John Lott. [http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2009/11/24/john-lott-climate-change-emails-copenhagen/ Why You Should Be Hot and Bothered About 'Climate-gate'], FOXNews.com, November 24, 2009.</ref><ref>Allie Duzett. [http://www.aim.org/aim-column/media-ignore-climate-science-scandal/ Media Ignore Climate Science Scandal], [[Accuracy In Media]], November 23, 2009.</ref> Perhaps the [[MSM]] felt that by ignoring Climategate entirely that it would have just gone away. However, just as the case was during the [[Tea Party Movement]], notably during the [[Tax Day Tea Party]], [[blog|bloggers]] and the readers of the global warming stories kept bringing up [[An Inconvenient Truth|the inconvenient truth]] of Climategate by mentioning the scandal "over and over and over again."<ref>P.J. Gladnick. [http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2009/11/24/climategate-msm-writers-try-ignore-scandal-global-warming-stories-read Climategate: MSM Writers Try to Ignore Scandal in Global Warming Stories But Readers Bring Them Back to Reality], ''NewsBusters'', November 24, 2009.</ref><ref>Noel Sheppard. [http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/11/24/climategate-totally-ignored-tv-news-outlets-except-fox ClimateGate Totally Ignored By TV News Outlets Except Fox], ''NewsBusters'', November 24, 2009.</ref>
In the wake of the Climategate scandal, a truly bizarre situation happened; the mainstream media stories about global warming pretended the uncovered documents never happened. As Climategate was totally ignored by most TV news outlets, [[Fox News]] appeared to be the only national news media in [[United States|America]] interested in the growing Climategate scandal.<ref>John Lott. [http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2009/11/24/john-lott-climate-change-emails-copenhagen/ Why You Should Be Hot and Bothered About 'Climate-gate'], FOXNews.com, November 24, 2009.</ref><ref>Allie Duzett. [http://www.aim.org/aim-column/media-ignore-climate-science-scandal/ Media Ignore Climate Science Scandal], [[Accuracy In Media]], November 23, 2009.</ref> Perhaps the [[MSM]] felt that by ignoring Climategate entirely that it would have just gone away. However, just as the case was during the [[Tea Party Movement]], notably during the [[Tax Day Tea Party]], [[blog|bloggers]] and the readers of the global warming stories kept bringing up [[An Inconvenient Truth|the inconvenient truth]] of Climategate by mentioning the scandal "over and over and over again."<ref>P.J. Gladnick. [http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2009/11/24/climategate-msm-writers-try-ignore-scandal-global-warming-stories-read Climategate: MSM Writers Try to Ignore Scandal in Global Warming Stories But Readers Bring Them Back to Reality], ''NewsBusters'', November 24, 2009.</ref><ref>Noel Sheppard. [http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/11/24/climategate-totally-ignored-tv-news-outlets-except-fox ClimateGate Totally Ignored By TV News Outlets Except Fox], ''NewsBusters'', November 24, 2009.</ref>
===Google===
It was reported that, despite Climategate related pages being the most-read articles of the Telegraph’s entire online operation, mysteriously when attempting to search using [[Google]] – it doesn’t (or didn't) feature links related to Climategate.<ref>Anthony Watts. [http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/11/28/climategate-surpasses-global-warming-on-google-autosuggest-still-blocked/ “Climategate” surpasses “Global Warming” on Google], ''Watts Up With That?'', November 28, 2009.</ref> As James Delingpole noted, "Instead, the top-featured item is a blogger pushing Al Gore’s AGW agenda. Perhaps there’s nothing sinister in this. Perhaps some Google-savvy reader can enlighten me."<ref>James Delingpole. [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100018263/climategate-googlegate/ Climategate: Googlegate?], ''Telegraph Blogs'', November 29th, 2009.</ref>
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==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.examiner.com/x-28973-Essex-County-Conservative-Examiner~y2009m11d24-John-Holdren-also-involved-in-CRU-emails John Holdren also involved in CRU e-mails]
* [http://www.pjtv.com/?cmd=browse-events&event-type-id=10&event-id=1913&event-context-theme-id=1&c=10&s=coverage&r=true&p=1&t=overview PJTV Climategate - Coverage]
* [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=214652246214 Climategate (PJTV/Pajamas Media)], on Facebook
* [http://www.theweek.com/article/index/103387/Obama_vs_Climategate Obama vs. 'Climategate']
[[Category: Earth Sciences]]
[[Category: Earth Sciences]]