SPECIAL EPISODE: Mann's Infrivolity to Man

Climate Change on Trial

Unreported Story Society

Science

4.9 • 942 Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

The bad news keeps coming for Professor Michael Mann. The Judge has declared that he and his lawyers presented false data to the court - ironically in a case where he was denying using false data. Mann has also had his million dollar punitive damages award slashed. This story will run and run. We bring you a special update episode.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to a special episode of climate change on trial.
0:10.1	I'm Philae.
0:11.2	And I'm Anne McElheny.
0:12.8	We haven't seen you for a while.
0:14.4	The band is back together.
0:15.6	Yes.
0:16.2	So I know it's your favorite podcast.
0:18.2	So we have breaking news.
0:20.9	It's breaking all the time.
0:22.5	So just to remind you all, climate change and trial was a daily podcast from inside the DC defamation trial of writer and broadcaster Mark Stein.
0:31.6	Stein was being sued for defamation by climate scientist, Professor Michael Mann.
0:37.1	Stein described Mann's famous hockey stick graph as a fraud.
0:41.4	Mann also sued writer Ran Simberg, who made similar comments.
0:45.9	As you know, we presented the podcast in a very unique way by having actors reenact verbatim.
0:53.4	The most exciting parts of that day's testimony
0:55.8	so that you'd get the most exciting exchanges from the court of that day.
1:00.2	It was hugely popular and there was a result at the end of the trial after I think 15 days.
1:06.6	The jury found that Michael Mann was defamed by writer Mark Stein and awarded him just $1 compensatory damages.
1:14.9	But they also awarded him $1 million punitive damages.
1:19.4	So just to be clear, the jury said you didn't really damage Michael Mann because it was $1 damages,
1:25.4	but we are punishing you for not really damaging them to the tune of $1 million.
1:32.7	That was an unusual finding, let's say, and we always knew there would be legal difficulties with it.
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