Spin control.  That's what we're suddenly seeing a lot of in the media.  A cause they've championed at the expense of rational debate and thought is blowing up in their faces.  I'm of course talking about anthropogenic global warming.  Remember the cries of "the debate is over"?  Well, the debate was over, as we've now learned, due to the suppression of evidence and contradictory opinion.

But with the confirmation of what many suspected was the gaming of the scientific data, the approach has been to diminish the significance of the find, to attack the integrity or character of those with the temerity to question the legitimacy of what is considered to be a widely-accepted scientific conclusion.  If the conclusions were drawn from corrupt data, how can we be so sure they're correct or accurate conclusions?