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BRIAN MICKLETHWAIT: Climategate ? the reversing of the burden of proof. ?You can feel that most ?

By Glenn Reynolds

BRIAN MICKLETHWAIT: Climategate ? the reversing of the burden of proof. “You can feel that most crucial of propaganda processes happening with Climategate: the reversing of the burden of proof. Unfair to all the fraud detectives (Watts, McIntyre, and the rest of them, including Monkton himself) though it undoubtedly was, those noble toilers, until the Climategate revelations erupted, had to prove everything, in defiance of the default position. Their every tiny blemish was jumped upon. Their major claims were ignored. Now the default position is slowly mutating into: It’s all made-up nonsense. And the burden of proof is shifting onto the shoulders of all those who want to go on believing in such ever more discredited alarmism. In short, our side is winning this argument, big time.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on December 16, 2009 (boomark / email).