Michael Mann: "Many of the #climatechange #denier trolls on internet are ringers/paid"; however, he doesn't "know anything" about some blog commenters being paid per comment

Twitter / BoraZ: @MichaelEMann I really need ...

[Bora Zivkovic, Blogs Editor at Scientific American]  @MichaelEMann I really need to write a blog post why Watts URL and "Al Gore" are triggers for my automatic Spam Filter so I never see them..
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[Mann] @BoraZ If you do, I promise I'll retweet generously :-)
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[Zivkovic] @MichaelEMann do you know if there is anything proven about some of the blog commenters being paid per comment? If so - Link?

[Mann, 7pm 1/22/13] @BoraZ Don't know anything about that. What's the reference?

Twitter / MichaelEMann [8:53 am 1/22/13] : Many of the #climatechange ...

Many of the #climatechange #denier trolls on internet are ringers/paid. The underreported #HBGary story: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/02/16/945768/-UPDATED-The-HB-Gary-Email-That-Should-Concern-Us-All … #KochMachine