Thick with needles II
The IPCC report was supposedly the work of a group of scientists, conscientiously reporting the state of scientific knowledge. It was not supposed to be political hackwork, cherry-picking or making up supposed evidence in order to deceive readers into taking the desired action. Yet there are numerous cases now where it has indeed been shown to be hackwork. One of its sources was a boot cleaning guide, for crying out loud!
Various people online have objected that, oh, well, the report is hundreds of pages long and only about four fraudulent statements have been publicized so far. I mentioned before one of my favorite lines from Alas, Babylon: if you shake a haystack and four needles fall out, chances are that haystack is just thick with needles.