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The Bizarre Experience of Watching Cable News in America on Earth Day
Thom plus logo  Just exactly what the hell are they afraid of?  Are the fossil fuel billionaires, corporations, and lobby really so strong that they can cow entire television networks and newspapers?  Not to mention politicians?

All day Saturday, Earth Day I'd been on-and-off watching CNN and MSNBC while working on a new book.  And I've heard repeated dozens of times that Trump and his buddies like Scott Pruitt don't want to "sacrifice jobs" on the altar of "climate regulations."

            Never once has anybody pointed out that there's another side to the story.

It's simple, but I haven't heard it spoken out loud even once, from NPR to CBS: "There are huge profits to be made in poisoning us and our Earth, and the people profiting from that have and are funding politicians, 'think tanks' and PR firms, and television networks (via advertising), to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars over the decades.   The people denying science are doing so because of the cash."

Why the hell won't anybody say that out loud?

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-Thom

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Hour One: My Bizarre Experience of Watching Cable News in America on Earth Day.
Article: "The Billionaires Bankrolling the Tea Party" by Frank Rich, Aug. 28, 2010.
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Article: "Bank of North Dakota" by Wikipedia.
Bill: "SB 5464 - Establishing the Washington investment trust." by State Senator Bob Hasegawa.
 
Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976
Article: "Three-Fifths Compromise" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Signed Legislation" by White House.
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