JJ,
The only irretrievably stupid thing written here is your comment above.
It was entirely reasonable to have skeptical eye towards Richard Muller’s integrity after the WSJ article and political spin machine was sent into overdrive. His integrity has shone through this temporary period of doubt and now there’s a certain amount of reconciliation based upon his public comments which are fairly consistent with what he’s stated he meant vs how they were spun in the press.
If anything this whole affair has reinforced my deep disappointment with MSM ‘science’ ‘journalism’.