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I can't comment on the other parts of it really (and I don't know the whole story so I reserve judgement), I'm just skeptical of the claim that he was "bought o

by x1798DE 11y ago

I can't comment on the other parts of it really (and I don't know the whole story so I reserve judgement), I'm just skeptical of the claim that he was "bought off" - which would imply that he changed his views because of the money. If the headline were, "Professors agree to hide source of funding and run a climate change journal with lax peer review standards", then I might hold off, but then again, that probably wouldn't look as sexy in a headline.

shkkmo 11y ago
> which would imply that he changed his views because of the money No, it doesn't imply that at all. to buy somebody off: "to bribe someone to ignore what one is doing wrong." "To bribe someone in order to ensure cooperation" The implications carried are that the payments were a bribe and that the actions taken as a result were improper.