Henry Farrell

Journalismgate: Clive Crook

tlambert | October 21, 2010

Henry Farrell, prompted by Clive Crook's claim that climate scientists' understanding of climate science is "hardly any better" than that of non-experts, tells the story of Crook's graceless withdrawal of his accusations of fraud against climate scientists: Hence, Crook's imputation that the "trick" was surely employed toward dishonest ends, was not only potentially libelous, but a clear demonstration that he simply didn't know what he's talking about. He had no expertise on the topic, and under his own rules, should have shut up about it. If he had, it would have spared him some considerable…