Friends of the Earth U.S.: George Will is lying
George Will is lying
Conservative writer George Will provoked a firestorm last week with an erroneous Washington Post column in which he deliberately sowed confusion over climate science. The column was riddled with factual inaccuracies but Will and his editors have refused to issue a correction.
Join us in demanding that the Washington Post correct demonstrably false statements in George Will's column.
George Will is entitled to his misguided opinion, but he is not entitled to his own facts. As the Center for American Progress Action Fund and Media Matters have documented, Will's column contained numerous errors:
* Will claimed that "according the U.N. World Meteorological Organization, there has been no recorded global warming for more than a decade." This is false. In fact, the WMO recently stated that "global warming, mostly driven by greenhouse gas emissions, is continuing."
* Will misleadingly conflated Arctic and global sea ice levels to leave readers with the false impression that global warming isn't real. After Will's column was published, the University of Illinois' Arctic Climate Research Center took issue with his use of their sea ice data, writing: "It is disturbing that the Washington Post would publish such information without first checking the facts."
* Will repeats science deniers' discredited assertion that a scientific consensus about a global "cooling" crisis existed in the 1970s.
It is unacceptable for the Washington Post to refuse to correct such falsehoods. Click here to demand a correction now.
There is an overwhelming scientific consensus that global warming is real and caused by humans. But while the climate crisis continues to worsen, willfully ignorant conservative elites continue to peddle lies. It's one thing to hear such dishonesty from the likes of Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly, but it's something else to see it perpetuated by a respected journalistic institution like the Washington Post.
Unfortunately, the Washington Post has a pattern of printing demonstrably false assertions from science deniers. Post editors' refusal to stand up for the truth strengthens the hand of polluting industries while irreparable harm is caused to our planet and its people.
Enough is enough. Tell the Washington Post global warming is real.
Thank you,
Nick and Becca
Friends of the Earth
Join us in demanding that the Washington Post correct demonstrably false statements in George Will's column.
George Will is entitled to his misguided opinion, but he is not entitled to his own facts. As the Center for American Progress Action Fund and Media Matters have documented, Will's column contained numerous errors:
* Will claimed that "according the U.N. World Meteorological Organization, there has been no recorded global warming for more than a decade." This is false. In fact, the WMO recently stated that "global warming, mostly driven by greenhouse gas emissions, is continuing."
* Will misleadingly conflated Arctic and global sea ice levels to leave readers with the false impression that global warming isn't real. After Will's column was published, the University of Illinois' Arctic Climate Research Center took issue with his use of their sea ice data, writing: "It is disturbing that the Washington Post would publish such information without first checking the facts."
* Will repeats science deniers' discredited assertion that a scientific consensus about a global "cooling" crisis existed in the 1970s.
It is unacceptable for the Washington Post to refuse to correct such falsehoods. Click here to demand a correction now.
There is an overwhelming scientific consensus that global warming is real and caused by humans. But while the climate crisis continues to worsen, willfully ignorant conservative elites continue to peddle lies. It's one thing to hear such dishonesty from the likes of Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly, but it's something else to see it perpetuated by a respected journalistic institution like the Washington Post.
Unfortunately, the Washington Post has a pattern of printing demonstrably false assertions from science deniers. Post editors' refusal to stand up for the truth strengthens the hand of polluting industries while irreparable harm is caused to our planet and its people.
Enough is enough. Tell the Washington Post global warming is real.
Thank you,
Nick and Becca
Friends of the Earth