Original sentence: Monbiot is also on record expressing his hope that members of the “LM network” are no longer accorded scientific credibility, given their acceptance of money from organisations that have deliberately tried to prevent sicentific truth from being propogated and explained.Spiked dismiss the claims as conspiracy theory and likening such critics to McCarthyites
Edited sentence: Monbiot is also on record expressing his hope that members of the “LM network” are removed from positions of influence in the areas he identifies as their target e.Spiked have responded to these speculations - dismissing the claims as conspiracy theory and likening such critics to McCarthyites.the "scientific establishment"