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Le Monde is front-paging a story -- Un climat très politique that has absolutely no coverage in the US media market -- on June 23rd, 1988, a climatologist, Dr. James Hanson, then, and now, Director of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA, was called before a Senate committee to give scientific testimony on what was then the hottest summer on record.

He was recalled on May 8th, 1989, and testified before a Senate committee headed by Senator Al Gore, who asked "Why have you contradicted your written testimony?" Dr. Hanson's reply, "Because I didn't write the last paragraph of this section. It was "added" to my statement."

Hanson had alerted Gore that his testimony had been falsified, faxing Gore the sections he knew had been falsified, allowing Gore the opportunity to ask Hanson if his testimony was in fact, his, or that of a political censor. And of course, the answer was there in plain sight.

Coverage: NPR ran a 20 minute audio interview segment on January 8th, five days after the Iowa caucus. Hanson is an Iowan. link. Good luck finding much else in the US media.

Author Mark Bowen's Censoring Science site has links to online booksellers where the book may be ordered.

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