Perhaps responding to some of the concerns published yesterday on WUWT about how Steve McIntyre was treated by David Karoly, or perhaps reacting to his reactionary stance at a recent wind farm event, the Australian Book Review has apparently pulled climate scientist David Karoly’s book review of Michael Mann’s Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars from its webpage.
You get a 404 now for the link that was active in our story yesterday:
Here’s the Google cache version:
It does not appear to be a site error, as other nearby reviews are intact. And, the 404 error is very specific to article #1063, rather than a generic 404 error.
No explanation was given that I could find, just “poof”, it was gone. Maybe somebody there at ABR actually has some integrity and has pulled it until Karoly rewrites it, or maybe they just decided they didn’t like the negative attention Michael Mann brings.
Either way, a good move on ABR’s part.
h/t to reader Bob Koss
UPDATE: Steve McIntyre writes on Climate Audit:
I wrote a letter of complaint to Karoly with a copy to the Dean of Research. I’m busy on a submission to the Information Tribunal in the UK right now but will provide more particulars on this in the near future.
That might be the reason the review was pulled.
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[Snip: Yes. Full of… it’s a BIG place and most probably are fine. Wre don’t really want to be making this connection. -REP]
Snotrocket says: July 12, 2012 at 4:41 am
Nicely done and very well-punned, Snotrocket … not only did it give me a smile, it made me LOL
Anthony, surely this deserves consideration for your Friday Funny!
I see the error, “reconstructing…..such as annual growth rings in trees when they meant “tree”
Are Karoly’s contributions prone to Gergiscide?
Pete of Perth says:
July 11, 2012 at 10:25 pm
Academic life used to be easy before the internet. Now everyone can see how “intelligent” some of them really are.
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But don’t worry Pete, our betters are in high gear to overcome that embarrasing scrutiny of them…. Apparently we are too dumb to understand… That is from an ex judge making recomendations for media practices in Australia….. (this is an excerpt from Michael Sexton’s article, which is behind a paywall.)
“…the Finkelstein report started from the proposition that most members of the community are just not clever enough to make their own judgments about material published in the media without some guidance. The report said that, to engage in public debate, citizens must have the “relevant critical and speaking skills”, but that there is “real doubt as to whether these capacities are present for all, or even most, citizens”.
This argument that most people are stupid is, of course, the argument of every anti-democrat in history, but the authors of the report, who obviously have no doubt that they possess the relevant “capacities”, argue that regulation of speech is needed to protect democracy.”
More about it on Andrew Bolt’s blog…. http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/P15/
It was quite likely removed because of libellous comments made about Bob Carter and Ian Plimer, for which the publisher could be held liable as well as the author. They certainly had grounds to sue (in Australian law) based on what was said about them.