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Things came to a head around unfounded allegations in late 2009 that climate scientists had been distorting data. Glenn Beck on Fox TV called on scientists to commit suicide; the late Andrew Breitbart, a right-wing provocateur, tweeted, βCapital punishment for Dr. James Hansenβ; and the blogger Marc Morano called for climate scientists to be publically flogged.
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George Marshall (Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change)