Mark Steyn and Free Speech
The Ann & Phelim Scoop
The Unreported Story Society
4.7 • 556 Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2024
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Welcome back to the Ann & Phelim Scoop. We are coming to you today from a very cold Washington, DC to witness and bring you reports on the Mark Steyn defamation case. As you might remember, Steyn is being sued by climate scientist and activist Michael Mann for criticizing his hockey stick graph and his investigation into Mann’s alleged scientific malfeasance.
Our latest podcast, Climate Change on Trial, brings you daily reenactments of the most dramatic moments in the trial and it is riveting. In this episode, we share the moment defendant Mark Steyn takes the stand in the most important free speech trial in over half a century. You can find the podcast by going to https://climatechangeontrial.com, or by searching “Climate Change on Trial” on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Anand Film Scoop. I'm Anne Macalheny. |
| 0:07.0 | And I'm Philan McAleer. And this is an unusual Ann and Film Scoop. |
| 0:10.0 | Yes, because we're... You've probably noticed you can't see us. |
| 0:13.0 | And we're exhausted, so thank God you can't see us. So yes, we are in Washington, |
| 0:17.0 | cold, Washington, DC... |
| 0:19.0 | Less cold now. Less cold. The weather is supposed |
| 0:21.2 | to get positively balmy |
| 0:22.7 | by the end of the week. |
| 0:24.0 | But we are in Washington, |
| 0:25.6 | D.C. for the Mark Stein defamation. |
| 0:29.0 | Kiss, |
| 0:29.4 | he's been sued by Penn State |
| 0:31.4 | and our new university |
| 0:32.9 | of Pennsylvania |
| 0:33.6 | scientist, |
| 0:35.7 | climate scientist and activist |
| 0:37.2 | Michael Mann. |
| 0:38.1 | Mann is alleging he defamed him in a 2012 National Review blog post, |
| 0:45.2 | condemning both Mann's hockey stick and the Penn State investigation into scientific malfeasance by Mr. Michael Mann. |
| 0:54.8 | So we just thought, look, we're doing this podcast |
| 0:57.1 | where we're re-enacting all the best bits of the court case. |
| 1:00.8 | And we have these actors just to understand how this is being done. |
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