DURHAM, North Carolina­­­­–TV pundit and Washington Post columnist George Will has a history of misrepresenting climate science–and it’s bloggers who typically make sure the record is set straight on such points.

For instance, a 2009 Will editorial in the Washington Post asserting, among other things, that the extent of global sea ice today is the same as it was in 1979 drew particularly loud howls. The debate blew up quickly in the blogosphere, pressure was applied to the Post not to disseminate falsehoods, and the upshot was a counter-editorial in the Post by journalist and blogger Chris Mooney.

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