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To: Sully- who wrote (7599)	2/8/2005 12:18:57 AM
From: Sully-	of 35834

The Post Issues A Correction Powerline blog Last night, we posted an extensive deconstruction of a column by Bill Moyers in which, among other things, he recycled a fake quotation by former Interior Secretary James Watt to support the argument that conservative Christians are out to despoil the environment on the theory that Jesus will return any moment, so it doesn't matter. This morning, we added an update, noting that the Washington Post had repeated the same fraudulent quote in yesterday's paper, likely in reliance on Moyers. We concluded: <<< Sounds like the Post reporter, Blaine Harden, read Moyers' speech and cribbed from it without doing any fact-checking. We've written the Post to request a correction. >>> This evening we received the following email from Blaine Harden, the Post reporter: <<< the Post is running a correction on the Watt quote in Tuesday's paper. >>> We would hope that the Post will not be relying on Bill Moyers as a source in the future. Next up: the Minneapolis Star Tribune, which originally ran Moyers' column, which was a tissue of lies and misrepresentations throughout. Posted by Hindrocket powerlineblog.com

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