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I hope there are stronger rejoinders in the pipeline than this one. Evidence of crumbling (if not collapse) of stout party comes with the final retort 'And even if it was ....'.

Thermometers located adjacent to aircraft parking areas? Sounds eminently sensible!

And which serious sceptic is claiming that 'one bad thermometer doesn't mean climate change can be thrown out the window.'?

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Yeah this is what is commonly known as a straw man argument. Actual climate skepticism is at least as complex as climate theory, and one newspaper's incompetence in reporting isn't even news. If anything, this would make a good anecdote regarding current mainstream press' sloppy reporting.

Just the other day a story about the percentage of the Netherlands below sea levels being wrong in some article got a lot of upvotes on hacker news...