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In a journalistic blunder reminiscent of the Janet Cooke scandal, the Washington Post lets George Will reassert several climate falsehoods plus some new ones
Climate Progress —
... Will] personally employs, as well as two editors at the Washington Post Writers Group, which syndicates Will; our op-ed page editor; and two copy editors” — should be fired, either for not doing their job or for doing it utterly incompetently. These are hard times for newspapers; I wouldn’t have thought they could afford more than one layer of an editing process that produces no discernible improvement in quality. NON-DEFENSE DEFENSE BY HIATT In Hiatt’s defense of Will quoted in the Columbia Journalism Review , he says:“We looked into these allegations, and I have a different ...
Experts: Big Flaw in Will's Ice Assertions
Dot Earth —
... have been addressed at length in many places over the last two weeks. The focus here is inferences from ice. For more on the distinction between inference and evidence, see “ The George Will Affair ,” Curtis Brainard’s column in the online edition of the Columbia Journalism Review. I’ll explore the limits of conventional journalism that can sometimes lead to flawed coverage, mine included, anon. P.S. : In his column defending his climate claims, Mr. Will says a flaw reported in sea-ice data at the ...
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Only In It For The Gold —
... Then there is Curtis Brainerd on no less than the Columbia Journalism Review. This mostly consists of a clear and cogent history of the episode, but ends with a jawdroppingly muddled piece of journalism-insider blathering: ...
Inhofe’s Take on EPA CO2 Ruling Typical Denialism
DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science —
... This group has its proponents, notably the Drudge Report and Fox News, as well as the now-legendarily misinformed George Will (Washington Post reporter), equally misguided ...
