MEDIA -- EUGENE ROBINSON HITS GEORGE WILL FOR HIS INACCURATE GLOBAL WARMING COLUMN: On Feb. 15, Washington Post columnist George Will published a factually inaccurate and misleading column on climate change. His claims were promptly eviscerated by Brad Johnson at the Wonk Room, along with ClimateProgress, The Loom, TPM Muckraker, The Vine, Island of Doubt, and New Mexico Science. Although The Washington Post's editorial page editors repeatedly defended Will's misleading editorial, fellow columnist Eugene Robinson admitted on MSNBC Wednesday that he believed Will had "cross[ed] the line." "What George Will did was cherry-pick a sentence in a report, you know, be very persnickety in the way he parsed his sentences, and end up making it sound as if the report had said the exact opposite of what it actually said," Robinson quipped. "He was persnickety enough that his editors, who also happen to be my editors, felt he didn't quite cross the line. I thought he did." Robinson is the latest staffer at the Washington Post to take Will to task for his misleading column. Earlier this week, two Post writers reported on the rapid decline of Arctic sea ice, noting that the findings "contradicts data cited" by Will. Weeks after Will's column was printed, the Post's ombudsman acknowledged that when he reviewed the data Will cited to supposedly back up his claim about ice levels, he "reached a different conclusion." Even Post cartoonist Tom Toles joined the action, mocking Will in a recent online sketch.
--------They only do it because they know you are idiots.----They have even less respect for you than I do.
Oh and check out the virtual tour of warming hot spots:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28938512/wid/18298287/?GT1=34129
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