The Wall Street Journal just came out with an editorial commenting on the significance of the recent revisions of NASA surface temperature measurements.
The Journal’s article raises some good points, and is Linked here .
I have no doubt that if the mistake in temperature readings went the other way, the main stream media would be trumpeting the story. Other than the internet blogs, there hasn’t been too much written about the fact that, with the new revisions, it is no longer accurate to say that six of the ten warmest years on record occurred since 1990. Actually, that happened in the 1930’s and 1940’s, well before CO2 from industrial growth became an issue.