attempted to discredit the editor of the signtism journal geophysical research letters after he published a paper mc questioning the hockey graph. there was evidence they were trying to get the editor of the juneal science, the fact that they did actually engage in a conspiracy to try to get him forced out is a game indicative of an effort toward theich scientific process by is disturbing. critics claim it led theiritc allegiance to the hockey stick cloud their judgment. issu the hockey stick was knoo the ippc as a problem five years ago. instead of having an independenr author in the assessment, they had a close associate of the people involved. ciat that close associate wase other than hockey team member keith briffa. so what did sceptics think of