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blogs.discovermagazine.com - 4/2/2009
George Will, Now With Misleading Links!
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There’s a lot of dismally wrong coverage of global warming these days (see some recent examples chronicled by Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum at The Intersection, for example). But the way global warming gets treated on the op-ed pages of the Washington Post–particularly by ...
Eugene Robinson: George Will “Crossed the Line”
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 4/9/2009
Eugene Robinson: George Will “Crossed the Line”
— yglesias.thinkprogress.org — The pushback on George Will continues as Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson slams Washington Post columnist George... Will. Robinson also becomes the first Post ie to note the role played by Will’s editors in helping him attempt to deceive ... (more) Eugene Robinson: George Will “Crossed the Line”

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Robinson: Will "Cross[ed] the Line" With Climate Change Distortions
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 4/9/2009
Robinson: Will "Cross[ed] the Line" With Climate Change Distortions
— tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com — Add Eugene Robinson to the rapidly growing list of Washington Post ies who are sick of George... Will's efforts to mislead readers about global warming science. Via Mathew Yglesias, Asked by MSNBC's Rachel Maddow about the increase in "made up stuff" ... (more) Robinson: Will "Cross[ed] the Line" With Climate Change ...

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Tom Toles Hits George Will
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 4/8/2009
Tom Toles Hits George Will
— yglesias.thinkprogress.org — Internal Washington Post pushback against George Will continues: It’s very good to see Post staff standing up... to Will’s nonsense like this. But ultimately this is an issue for Fred Hiatt and Hiatt’s bosses at the top levels of ... (more) Tom Toles Hits George Will

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Little Green Footballs:  Zimmer vs. Will (Again)

Wonk Room:  George Will’s Latest Denier Column Links To Global Boiling Document

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Zimmer vs. Will (Again)
Little Green Footballs — ... Science writer Carl Zimmer is calling out George Will again, this time for misrepresenting climate change statistics published by the World Meteorological Organization: George Will, Now With Misleading Links! ...

George Will’s Latest Denier Column Links To Global Boiling Document
Wonk Room — ... world,” “severe to extreme drought,” “extreme flooding,” a “new worldwide record rainfall,” and “unusual sea-surface temperature patterns”: Significant climate anomalies and events in 2007. Click to enlarge. Chart: WMO. Data: NOAA. While the Washington Post takes right-wing oil money to syndicate George Will’s lies in carbon-based newsprint across the nation, the World Wide Web has responded. This column, Media Matters notes, ...

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