Polluters’ PBS Penance
The following are a few of the companies who have used the PBS penance to say “I’m sorry” to those who are touchy about the environment.
Unreliable Sources: Slick Coverage of the Exxon Valdez Spill
Months after the Exxon Valdez spill, national media began to focus on the damage not done by Exxon’s blunder, heralding Big Oil’s efforts to preserve Alaska’s environment. Out of the jaws of catastrophe, Exxon snatched a news spin increasingly to its liking.
Cronkite for Hire
Once labeled “the most trusted man in America,” former CBS anchor and current board member Walter Cronkite has come under attack for accepting $25,000 from the extremist, industry-sponsored American Council on Science and Health (ACSH). For that fee, he narrated the pro-pesticide documentary, Big Fears, Little Risks, which aired on PBS stations this summer. In […]
