Same thing seems to be true of satellite temperature readings.
One thing people need to understand is that “science” is POLITICIZED. Ideally scientists do experiments, do them right and write down whatever happens. In the real world there is pressure not to write or say things which would be considered “racist”. That’s why James Watson who has a Nobel Prize for his work in DNA was fired from his job for suggesting that Africans do not have the same level of intelligence as Europeans. Most scientists are well aware they will get fired or come under heavy pressure for saying things liberals don’t like whether it is true or not. Probably even more pressure if it is true. Scientists are well aware there are major incentives to saying “man made climate change is real” and major disincentives to saying “man made climate change is not real”. A lot of scientists are either going to lie or say nothing if they really think man made climate change is not real because they know what will happen if they say it out loud.