1.0 link 22336 <![CDATA[Washington Post Lets White House, Senator Lie on Op/Ed Page]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-koppelman/washington-post-lets-whit_b_22336.html Most people probably know that the op-ed pages aren't exactly untarnished beacons of truth-telling. That's a given. Still, you'd hope that editors would ask their op-ed writers to at least try not to lie.

At the Washington Post's op-ed section Monday, that was apparently too much to ask.

Key to the page were dueling pieces debating a proposed repeal of the estate tax. This kind of setup, altogether similar to "he-said, she-said" news reporting, isn't uncommon. There's little wrong with the idea,...

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