The 1999 WMO Climate Report cover's fraudulent hockey stick, by Jones, Mann, Osborn, Bradley, Hughes & Briffa — rounded splice points:

WMO Climate Report cover, showing the three splice points, between proxy and real temperature data, which Phil Jones rounded to hide
close-up of the three splice points, between proxy and real temperature data, which Phil Jones rounded to hide
 

In this video, Prof. Muller, a longtime climate alarmist who now describes himself as a lukewarmist, did a very good job of explaining Jones' use of Michael Mann's “Nature trick” to “hide the decline” in proxy-derived temperature estimates:

Muller on Jones and Mann hiding the decline
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Muller on Jones and Mann hiding the decline
 
 
 
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