Myths and falsehoods about oil policies
In reporting on high gas prices and initiatives that have been proposed to address the issue, the media have repeated or failed to challenge several myths, falsehoods, and claims contradicted by government agencies. Many of the media-advanced myths and falsehoods have promoted the notion that lifting the current moratorium on offshore drilling and expanding domestic drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) will have an immediate impact on rising gas prices. Read more
"Winter storm" causes Dobbs to ask: "What's that global warming deal?"
FLASHBACK: Media revive, retool, and create anti-Gore smears and attacks
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- Dobbs again questioned human-caused global warming, suggested sun may be more responsible
- CNN global warming misinformation makes its way to The Radio Factor
- "Winter storm" causes Dobbs to ask: "What's that global warming deal?"
- Levin cited "global cooling" study to dismiss efforts to "control carbon dioxide" emissions, ignoring warning by study's co-author not to do so
- Milwaukee radio host smeared "greedy, overpaid unionized schoolteacher[s]" who talk about global warming
- Hannity compared carbon offsets to "cheat[ing] on your wife," ignored Murdoch's efforts to make News Corp. carbon neutral
- Discussing TCPR claims, O'Reilly said he'd "like to hear [Gore's] side of things," but ignored Gore's response to TCPR
- Hume claimed Gore's "energy use has surged more than 10 percent," ignored Gore's response that it's all "green power"
- Wash. Times' Pruden falsely claimed that "the earth has been measurably cooling for the last decade"
- MSNBC hosted Breaux and Lott to defend oil and gas companies -- but failed to note they're lobbyists for them
