Galileo: “The sun is at the center of...”
Establishment: “Blasphemy!”
The analogy is so perfect.
I never heard any major media report the change in temp was within the margin of error.
They are following the first rule of Newstat (which is to statistics as Newspeak is to English): never mention a confidence interval or standard error if the point estimate serves the interests of The Party. There's a seminar on the matter about to be offered in Room 101, and you are required to attend.