[posting]61395584[/posting]Ich hätte vor allem diesen Abschnitt zitiert, um klar zu machen, das hier Ball gar nichts gewonnen haben konnte, weil er ja bereits seine Aussagen fast komplett zurückgezogen, sich selbst der Unwahrheit bezichtigt udn sich bei Dr. Weaver entschudligt hatte. Das Gerichtsverfahren ging nur noch darum, dass Dr. Weaver noch gerne einige Details zusätzlich korrigiert hätte (Hervorhebungen von mir):
"[30] Ultimately, on March 3, 2011, Dr. Ball issued the following apology:
My article entitled “Corruption of Climate Change has Created 30 Lost Years” contained untrue statements about Dr. Andrew Weaver, who is a professor in the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences at the University of Victoria, British Columbia. The article has since been withdrawn from the Internet website of Canada Free Press, where it was originally published in January 2011.
Contrary to what I stated in my article, Dr. Weaver: (1) never announced he will not participate in the next Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (“IPCC”); (2) never said that the IPCC chairman should resign; (3) never called for the IPCC’s approach to science to be overhauled; and (4) did not begin withdrawing from the IPCC in January 2010. I hereby unequivocally retract my suggestion that Dr. Weaver sought to dissociate himself from the scientific work of the IPCC.
As a result of a nomination process that began in January, 2010, Dr. Weaver became a Lead Author for Chapter 12: “Long-term Climate Change: Projections, Commitments and Irreversibility” of the Working Group I contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC. That work began in May, 2010. My article failed to mention these facts although they were publicly available.
I did not intend to suggest that Dr. Weaver tried to interfere with my presentation at the University of Victoria by having his students deter people from attending and heckling me during my talk. Further, I do not dispute Dr. Weaver’s credentials or competence as a climate scientist and university professor. While Dr. Weaver and I have different views on the cause of global warming, I acknowledge that Dr. Weaver has at all times acted honestly and with integrity.
I sincerely apologize to Dr. Weaver and express regret for the embarrassment and distress caused by my article."
Wie konnte depodoc das nur in der von ihm verlinkten und zitierten Quelle übersehen? Wieder ein Blick in das völlige Versagen der Wahrnehmung von Leugnern und Verschwörungstheoretikern...
