NBC’s Energy Debate: Oil Exec Vs. Oil Industry Adviser
Meet the Press host Chuck Todd dismisses Keystone pipeline as a symbol, then presents an energy ‘debate’ between two industry insiders.
FAIR TV: Keystone Misinformation, War ‘Works’ and NPR’s Cosby Questions
The Keystone XL pipeline is back in the news–and so is a lot of the same old misinformation. Plus we’ll look at how some TV journalists think about how war “works,” and at what exactly NPR’s Scott Simon asked comedian Bill Cosby.
No, Tar Sands Oil Isn’t Inevitable
Pundits say opposing Keystone is foolish because they’re going to get that oil out of the ground no matter what. But is that true?
Is Keystone Coverage Getting Worse?
The Keystone XL pipeline is back in the news. But some of the coverage is as bad as ever—if not worse.
Silly Environmentalists, Getting Upset Over a Little Pipeline
‘Both sides’ are exaggerating the impact of the Keystone XL pipeline, says a Washington Post reporter. He’s half-right.
Meet the Press Gets Out of the Beltway—But Takes Washington Worldview Along
NBC’s Meet the Press is introducing segments called “Meeting America,” billed as an attempt to get out of the Beltway bubble. It’s a fine idea in theory, but their first installment, a look at the Keystone XL pipeline, was a flop.
FAIR TV: Ukraine Hysteria, US Hypocrisy, Keystone Protest
This week: US media go into overdrive over Russia/Ukraine, painting the conflict as proof that Barack Obama isn’t feared enough. Plus pundits laugh at Putin’s delusion–but what about John Kerry’s? And a big anti-Keystone XL rally at the White House hardly makes the news. Watch:
New Keystone Poll Reveals Media Failure
The public strongly supports building the Keystone pipeline–and they wrongly think it will create a lot of jobs. Aren’t media to blame for failing to set that straight?
A Protest in the Capital and a Media Blackout
What happens when hundreds of Keystone activists get arrested in front of the White House? Not much, judging by the lack of media interest.
FAIR TV: Keystone Bipartisanship, ABC’s ‘Average’ 401K, O’Reilly’s Trust Problem
Big-time journalists think Obama should approve the Keystone pipeline to show that he wants to make Republicans happy. ABC tells us about an “average” family’s 401K plan–which isn’t average at all. And Fox host Bill O’Reilly says he’s trustworthy–take his word for it.
Obama’s Keystone Moment: Will He Finally Be Nice to Republicans?
NBC news personalities Chuck Todd and David Gregory wondered if Obama would seize the Keystone XL decision as an important historical moment. Not to take a stand against climate change and the burning of untapped fossil fuels–but to do something Republicans might like.
Barack Obama’s Keystone Media Criticism
In a recent New York Times interview, Barack Obama pointed out that the proposed Keystone XL pipeline probably won’t create many jobs–something we’ve been pointing out here on the FAIR Blog for a long time now,
Keystone Polling and an Oil Spill Time Machine
Reporting positive polling for the Keystone XL pipeline, USA Today reports, “The numbers come amid continuing efforts to clean up a major new oil spill in Arkansas.” But “come amid” is another way of saying “entirely unrelated to.”
It’s Only the Future of the Planet
Issues like oil spills, land use rights, groundwater pollution etc. are all complaints made by critics of the Keystone XL pipeline. And looming over all of them is the way that tapping the tar sands will exacerbate climate change. But the media doesn’t seem to care.
FAIR TV: Hugo Chavez in U.S. Media, Time’s Path to Iran War, Keystone XL and the TV Left
This week on FAIR TV: Hugo Chavez was loathed by the U.S. press–and that didn’t change when they reported his death. Plus Time magazine provides a look at the “Path to War” with Iran–omitting a key fact along the way.
And the Keystone XL pipeline is back in the news. But when it came up on ABC’s This Week, “left” pundit James Carville had a curious message.
Keystone’s Endorsement by a TV ‘Leftist’
The controversy over the Keystone XL pipeline doesn’t get covered much in corporate television–it takes tens of thousands of activists marching in Washington to get a few words on the nightly newscasts. But the State Department’s recent draft assessment of the pipeline’s environmental impact got a mention on one show, and it said a lot. […]
Friendly Oil—Not the Venezuelan Kind
With the Keystone climate protests in Washington bringing climate change back into the media, we’re hearing a lot about how the Keystone pipeline will, at the very least, mean that we’ll be getting our oil from a nice country.
Keystone Pipeline: When Industry Ads and Industry-Friendly Coverage Collide
This is the sort of awkward juxtaposition that newspapers usually try to avoid. In today’s Washington Post (7/9/12), a story about the Keystone pipeline appears above a Chevron ad: Awkward. Then again, maybe not. Juliet Eilperin‘s article is all about what supporters of the pipeline project in the state of Montana are saying. Politicians, […]
NY Times Bungles Keystone Debate (Again)
More Democrats are starting to shift towards supporting the controversial Keystone pipeline, reports Jennifer Steinhauer in the New York Times (4/20/12). The media discussion has leaned heavily in favor of the project, so perhaps this is no surprise. And this report is no exception. The political fight over Keystone has a lot to do with […]
NYT and GOP’s Keystone Talking Points
New York Times reporter Jennifer Steinhauer (2/2/12) accurately reports how Republicans want to frame the disputed over the Keystone XL pipeline. But she does almost nothing to challenge that framing. Under the headline, “For GOP, Pipeline Is Central to Agenda,” Steinhauer explains: Republicans are framing Keystone as an urgent jobs and energy project at a […]
