A note to readers

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March 5, 2010, 03:23PM

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This is a draft of a note to readers that will appear in Monday's paper:

On March, 4 2010, The Washington Times ran an oped by Dr. Gilbert Ross, medical director of the American Council on Science and Health, entitled "When senators play doctor." Dr. Ross has written for USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times and The Washington Times previously. Dr. Ross did not disclose to the Times that he had been convicted of Medicaid fraud and, for a period of years, lost his license to practice medicine. Had the Times known these facts, we would not have run the article.

For those who are interested, there is more to this story -- the deceitful tactics of a little activist group called the Alliance for Human Research Protection.

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David Mastio

David Mastio, Deputy Editorial Page Editor, was an editorial writer and op-ed editor for USA Today, Washington correspondent for The Detroit News, editorial writer for The Virginian-Pilot, founding Editorial Page Editor of The Washington Examiner and speechwriter for World Bank President Robert Zoellick when he was the United States Trade Representative under President George W. Bush.