[See this review of Merchants of Doubt by Dr. S. Fred Singer.] (leftexposed.org)
So science historian Naomi Oreskes took what amounts to climate skeptic vanilla pudding and labeled it as deadly poison peddled by Merchants of Doubt without any investigation into the original source documents and no requests for comment from the clearly named involved parties. (leftexposed.org)
This is a long, complicated and well - trod story told, among others, by Naomi Oreskes in Merchants of Doubt, and by Michael Mann in The Madhouse Effect. (businessinsider.com)