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'''Bishop Hill''' is a widely-read ] operated by ], author of '']''.<ref name="Webster_2010-03-23_Times">{{cite web
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A post on the blog led to the resignation of ], the editor in chief of ] from the panel. In an interview with Chinese state radio when asked about the controversy, Campbell said that he believed nothing untoward had happened. The Guardian newspaper commented "The interview, posted on the Bishop Hill blog run by the climate sceptic Andrew Montford and shown on Channel 4 News, risked undermining Muir's claim that the inquiry team was impartial" <ref name="The Guardian">{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/12/climate-change-climategate-nature-global-warming|title=Climate emails review panellist quits after his impartiality questioned|last=Batty|first=David|coauthors=David Adam|date=12 February 2010|publisher=www.guardian.co.uk|language=English|accessdate=7 April 2010}}</ref>

] writing for the ] on when the Parliamentary Committee investigating the ] published their findings said, sceptics on the Bishop Hill website ridiculed the MPs' findings. One asked: "Is it April fools already?" With another commenting, "No-one with half a brain cell will view this conclusion as anything other than a hasty and not very subtle establishment cover-up." <ref name="Roger Harrabin ">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8595483.stm|title=Climate science must be more open, say MPs|last=Harrabin |first=Roger |date=31 March 2010|publisher=news.bbc.co.uk|pages=1|language=English|accessdate=12 April 2010}}</ref>

], writing for ] after it was revealed ] who had been choosen by the ] to head its enquiry into the illegally released files from the University Of East Anglia, actually had a leading role in a global warming campaign network called Globe International. This was quickly picked up by climate skeptic blogs. <ref name="Andrew Orlowski">{{cite news|url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/26/uea_oxburgh_statement/|title=Anglia defends Oxburgh's eco network ties|last=Orlowski |first=Andrew |date=26th March 2010|publisher=The Register|language=English|accessdate=12 April 2010}}</ref> With Bishop Hill writing "GLOBE - a vehicle for avoiding ]" <ref name="Andrew Montford">{{cite web|url=http://bishophill.squarespace.com/blog/2010/3/24/globe-a-vehicle-for-avoiding-foi.html#comments|title=GLOBE - a vehicle for avoiding FoI|last=Montford|first=Andrew|date=Mar 24, 2010|publisher=bishophill|language=English|accessdate=12 April 2010}}</ref>

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