The media's mea culpa for their rampant journalistic malpractice during Climategate comes way too late, is far too little, and has long ago accomplished denialists' goals.

A new conspiracy theory is swirling around Climategate which blames Russia for hacking and cherry-picking potentially questionable emails.

The Climategate e-mails reveal nothing more than scientists frustrated with predatory denialists and their cherry-picked, bad faith arguments and demands .