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The man who spreads falsehoods in the Washington Post

My full conversation with Lawrence Gelman, the Texas anesthesiologist who is still buying ads spreading factually false claims.

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Emily Atkin
Dec 03, 2020
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Last month, HEATED reported that The Washington Post ran a full-page ad containing myriad falsehoods about the science of climate change. The article questioned if it was ethical for the Post, a trusted source of factual information, to profit from the spread of misinformation about a global public health crisis.

The Post didn’t speak with HEATED for the…

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