wˌaɪl wˈɜːkɪŋ æz ˈɛdɪɾɚɹ æt ðə tˈaɪmz, wˈɪðɚɹˌoʊ ɹᵻsˈiːvd ɐ lˈɛɾɚ fɹʌm lˈiːdɪŋ jˌuːkˈeɪ sˈaɪəntɪsts, ɪŋklˈuːdɪŋ lˈɔːɹd kɹˈɛbz ænd lˈɔːɹd stˈɜːn, wˌɪtʃ kɹˈɪɾɪsˌaɪzd ɐn ˈɑːɹɾɪkəl fɔːɹ bˌiːɪŋ bˈeɪst ˌɔn ɐ mˈɛθəd ðˈæt "ɪnvˈɑːlvz ɪɡnˈoːɹɪŋ ˈɛvɹɪθˌɪŋ ðæt sˈaɪəns hɐz dɪskˈʌvɚd ɐbˌaʊt ˌætməsfˈɛɹɪk fˈɪzɪks sˈɪns ðə dɪskˈʌvɚɹi ʌv ɡɹˈiːnhaʊs wˈɔːɹmɪŋ baɪ dʒˈɑːn tˈɪndɔːl mˈoːɹ ðɐn wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti jˈɪɹz ɐɡˈoʊ" wˌaɪl ˈædɪŋ, "ˌɔn sˈoʊʃəl mˈiːdiːə ɪt hˈæz, lˈɪɾɚɹəli, bˌɪn ɐ lˈæfɪŋ stˈɑːk."
While working as editor at The Times, Witherow received a letter from leading UK scientists, including Lord Krebs and Lord Stern, which criticized an article for being based on a method that "involves ignoring everything that science has discovered about atmospheric physics since the discovery of greenhouse warming by John Tyndall more than 150 years ago" while adding, "On social media it has, literally, been a laughing stock."