Again, Mann was instrumental in the IPCC winning the Noble Prize as even the link that You posted stated that he was the "LEAD AUTHOR" of Chapter 2.
So it was the IPCC that jointly won the award with Al Gore, who followed the guidelines of Mann in his quest for a Global Greener Energy. This is what Frankfooter was stating.
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In other words, he
CONTRIBUTED to the Nobel Peace Prize. All he originally claimed was that he "SHARED", the Peace Prize with the other authors. This was not strictly true as the IPCC shared it with Al Gore. But do You think that it is false to claim that he "Contributed" to the Peace prize?
So You think that Al gore should get 50% of the credit for the work? Again you will not respond to this question!!
The IPCC categorically stated that Mann was the Lead Author of that Chapter 2, that was instrumental in winning the Nobel Prize, and hence the IPCC won it. This is no different from the Captain of Canada's Ice Hockey team leading the Canadian Team to the Gold medal at the Olympic Games.
So just answer a very simple question as it is a direct comparison for both the types of awards:
When the Canadian Ice Hockey players are instrumental in Canada being awarded The Gold Medal at the Olympic Games, then is it true or false for them to claim that they were the "Gold Medal Winners" at the Games? Simple question and cannot wait to hear Your response as you keep posing questions the whole time but not responding to any of mine!!
By the way Mann's Court case against Steyn is still outstanding so he has not lost any Court case as yet:
A Washington, D.C. judge has ruled that the conservative think tank the Competitive Enterprise Institute cannot be held responsible for an outside blogger’s 2012 online attack on a prominent climate scientist. At the same time, the judge decided that a jury should decide whether the blogger...
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