To a large extent, these are allegations only and may not be taken as settled fact. (courthousenews.com)
Could it be that the initial promoters of the catastrophic man - caused global warming narrative perceived their position was so vulnerable in the face of skeptic science - based criticism that they felt a need to distract the public away from skeptics by concocting the idea that those skeptics were paid coal & oil money to lie about the issue being «mere theory and not settled fact,» just like tobacco industry shills did about the harm of cigarette smoking? (gelbspanfiles.com)
Instead of engaging in this project of curiosity, Nye's new show is designed to rattle through settled facts, with little attention to how those facts come to be discovered. (firstthings.com)