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IT’S LOTT-TASTIC!….I just love me some righteous John Lott bashing, and Nate Silver delivers with the latest example of Lott’s customary careful use of primary sources in an op-ed over at Fox News. It’s true that his mistake is a small one in the grand scheme of things, but two items make this latest Lott affair especially awesome:

  1. The op-ed in question is co-authored by Ryan S. Lott. You may recall him as the “ry” in Mary Rosh. Awesome!

  2. In comments to Nate’s post, Lott says both he and Fox have corrected the error. But it’s a stealth correction: you’d never know the op-ed had been changed unless you clicked over to Lott’s personal website where he mentions it. Awesome!

Good times. Brings back memories, this does.

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