24 Media Organizations Oppose Defamation Suit Waged by Climate Scientist

24 Media Organizations Oppose Defamation Suit Waged by Climate Scientist
Scientist Michael Mann, second from left, attends the New York screening of the HBO Documentary "How To Let Go Of The World And All The Things Climate Can't Change" on June 21, 2016 in New York City. Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for HBO
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Twenty-four media organizations, including The Washington Post, NBC Universal, and Fox News, have sided with the conservative National Review and free market-leaning Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) over a defamation lawsuit brought by a leading climate scientist.

The organizations, which also included the Society of Professional Journalists and the American Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia, were signatories to a Feb. 13, letter filed with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, in which both the National Review and the Competitive Enterprise Institute requested a rehearing of their case before the full appeals court.