New Scientist turns the tables on climate skeptics, in an article that documents a few of the many examples of lies, distortions and disinformation emitted by the global warming denial industry - lies and distortions that never seem to result in any consequences for the liars, and are endlessly repeated by denial websites long after being thoroughly debunked.

“Climategate” has put scientists on trial in the court of public opinion. If you believe climate sceptics, a huge body of evidence involving the work of tens of thousands of scientists over more than a century should be thrown out on the basis of the alleged misconduct of a handful of researchers, even though nothing in the hacked emails has been shown to undermine any of the scientific conclusions.

If we are going to judge the truth of claims on the behaviour of those making them, it seems only fair to look at the behaviour of a few of those questioning the scientific consensus. There are many similar examples we did not include. We leave readers to draw their own conclusions about who to trust.

Read the whole thing, and for much more information on the people and groups involved in this massive campaign of confusion, I highly recommend: Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming.

(Hat tip: HoosierHoops.)