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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> | 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> | ||
| ==Comments and Criticism== | |||
| Richard Littlemore writing on his ] said, "In a desperate effort to distract attention from the real issue, Steve McIntyre and one of his more loquacious acolytes (Bishop Hill) have renewed their attack on the fabled hockey stick" and finished his article with the question "Have you any legitimate criticism of all the other science that supports Mann's work? Any criticism at all?" <ref name="Richard Littlemore">{{cite web|url=http://www.desmogblog.com/this-is-not-a-hockey-stick|title=This is not a hockey Stick|last=Littlemore|first=Richard|date=13 August 08|publisher=www.desmogblog.com|language=English (US)|accessdate=12 April 2010}}</ref> | |||
| ] in his ] blog wrote "Fortunately the great Bishop Hill has been doing some digging" when the blog found out that George Marshall, founder and director of projects at the Climate Outreach and Information Network had been funded to the tune of £700,000 over two years by ]. <ref name="The Telegraph">{{cite news|url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100017912/climategate-how-they-all-squirmed/|title=Climategate: how they all squirmed|last=Delingpole|first=James|date=November 25th, 2009|publisher=www.blogs.telegraph.co.uk|language=English|accessdate=12 April 2010}}</ref> He has also commented on his personal blog saying, "Bishop Hill has unearthed a jaw-dropping critique of the IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report. His post’s so delightful there’s no need for embellishment" <ref name="James Delingpole">{{cite web|url=http://jamesdelingpole.com/blog/ipcc-fourth-assessment-report-is-rubbish-%E2%80%93-says-yet-another-expert-775/|title=IPCC Fourth Assessment Report is rubbish – says yet another expert|last=Delingpole|first=James|date=February 11th, 2010|publisher=jamesdelingpole.com|language=English|accessdate=13 April 2010}}</ref> | |||
| ] wrote on his ] blog of Bishop Hill, "let me say that he is a succinct and careful writer who has earned praise from many (including myself and Steve McIntyre)" <ref name="Anthony Watts">{{cite web|url=http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/11/22/bishop-hills-compendium-of-cru-email-issues/|title=Bishop Hill’s compendium of CRU email issues|last=Watts|first=Anthony|date=22 11 2009|publisher=wattsupwiththat.com|language=English (US)|accessdate=13 April 2010}}</ref> | |||
| == References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 11:55, 15 April 2010
| Type of site | Blog |
|---|---|
| Created by | Andrew Montford |
| URL | http://bishophill.squarespace.com/ |
Bishop Hill was founded on November 21, 2006 by Andrew Montford author of The Hockey Stick Illusion. At first focusing on british politics Montford, after following a link from a blog posted by Tim Worstall to Climate Audit turned his focus to Climate Change from a Skeptical Viewpoint.
Involvement in "Climategate" controversy
A post on the blog led to the resignation of Philip Campbell, the editor in chief of Nature 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"
References
- Batty, David (12 February 2010). "Climate emails review panellist quits after his impartiality questioned". www.guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
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