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	<title><![CDATA[Washington Post Promotes Debunked Deception About Hummers vs. Priuses]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/a-siegel/washington-post-promotes_b_220514.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Yes, letters to the editor matter. And, yes, they merit <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/133/411004042_dbc789fa47_m.jpg" align="right" />fact-checking. And, yes, that fact-checking should actually be well-done.</p>

<p><a href="http://getenergysmartnow.com/2007/01/20/washpost-published-my-lte-re-global-warming-skeptics/">Having had letters to the editor published in <em> The Washington Post</em></a>, my experience with the fact-checking process left me impressed ... and exhausted. Every point was questioned and challenged, with substantive backing required from the editor before it went into print. Watching the <em><a href="http://getenergysmartnow.com/2009/03/04/the-will-affair-struggling-to-keep-up/">Post </a></em> <a href="http://getenergysmartnow.com/2009/05/07/will-wills-deceptions-ever-be-fact-checked-by-washpost/">editorial page's (mis)handling</a> of George Will's <a href="http://getenergysmartnow.com/2009/05/19/george-will-writes-will-ful-disdain-for-facts/">Will-ful deception</a> regarding...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2009-06-25T15:29:00-04:00</date_published>
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