Washington Post reporters call out George Will for lying in Washington Post

What jumped out at me is this bit, toward the bottom of the piece:

The new evidence—including satellite data showing that the average multiyear wintertime sea ice cover in the Arctic in 2005 and 2006 was nine feet thick, a significant decline from the 1980s—contradicts data cited in widely circulated reports by Washington Post columnist George F. Will that sea ice in the Arctic has not significantly declined since 1979. [my ... Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Apr. 8, 2009

The Grist story picks up on and reports some ethical reporting from the Washington Post, wherein they take George Will to task for lies and misrepresentations.

Is there hope for fewer whoppers in the WaPo?

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