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Which begs the question, “Are some government agencies manipulating science to advance political agendas?”

Heavy sigh...

I know this is pedantic, but it's a pet peeve of mine. To "beg the question" means to evade the question, not to elicit the question. Think "beg off". There was a time when any respectable news editor would never have made a mistake like that.

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Thank you for that clarification. I was beginning to wonder at my previous understanding of the expression and assumed I’d been wrong.

I don’t regard it as pedantic when someone points out errors like this. I regard it as educational.

I keep in mind that liberal troll the site. I don’t want to give them any side issues to use as ammunition against us. I want them to be forced to debate us on our ideas and not on our grammar.

Of course in this case you can look at it both ways. The question is begging to be asked, but the government is evading the question.