A lawsuit was launched this week by a climatology professor, Andrew Weaver, from the University of Victoria against The National Post newspaper. Apparently, a number of articles written in The National Post misquoted Prof. Weaver and when he asked them to retract the articles, the paper flat out refused.
The articles have now been quoted on other websites, and the lawsuit demands not only The Nation Post take down the articles where he was misquoted, but that they track down every other website that quoted them, and have them delete his affiliation from their websites as well. Weaver explained, "If I sit back and do nothing to clear my name, these libels will stay on the Internet forever. They’ll poison the factual record, misleading people who are looking for reliable scientific information about global warming.”
The articles that are being disputed are Weaver's Web, posted on December 10, 2009, Weaver's Web II, posted January 27, 2010, Climate Agency Going Up in Flames, posted January 27, 2010, and So Much for Pure Science, posted February 2, 2010.
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