Jury awards climate scientist Michael Mann $1 million in defamation lawsuit
It’s been 12 years since a pair of conservative writers compared a prominent climate scientist to a convicted child molester for his depiction of global warming. Now, a jury is about to decide whether the comments were defamatory.

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Jury awards climate scientist Michael Mann $1 million in defamation lawsuit - The Daily Reporter
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Jury to decide on climate scientist Michael Mann's defamation suit over comparison to molester - The Daily Reporter
Jury to decide on climate scientist Michael Mann's defamation suit over comparison to molester
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