Just Keep Calling It Fact-Checking And Someday They'll Believe You

Discover how George Will's misrepresentations on global warming sparked debate about Washington Post editorial page fact-checking.

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Zachary Smith at Talking Points Memo, among others, notes that the Washington Post editorial page editor is still claiming that George Will's many misrepresentations about global warming were subject to "careful fact-checking," some two months after many people showed they were anything but--including some who explained the errors in the Washington Post itself. It's a sad coda to a long tale of op-ed woe.

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