In December, The New York Times revealing how ExxonMobil and other oil companies had paid a public relations firm named to build “news” and information websites falsely suggesting grassroots support for the fossil fuel industry and its initiatives. ExxonMobil, which didn’t speak with Times reporter (and my former coworker) Hiroko Tabuchi for the story, responded by trying to smear the messenger. “We refused to work with the author,” ExxonMobil , “because of her obvious bias against the oil and gas industry.”The firm was alluding to an October tweet by Tabuchi that she’d “been thinking a lot...…In December, The New York Times revealing how ExxonMobil and other oil companies had paid a public relations firm named to build “news” and information websites falsely suggesting grassroots support for the fossil fuel industry and its initiatives. ExxonMobil, which didn’t speak with Times reporter (and my former coworker) Hiroko Tabuchi for the story, responded by trying to smear the messenger. “We refused to work with the author,” ExxonMobil , “because of her obvious bias against the oil and gas industry.”The firm was alluding to an October tweet by Tabuchi that she’d “been thinking a lot...WW…