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In reply to the discussion: I will tell you why Maddow's "Hubris" aired NOW and not back then. And you won't like it. [View all]CoffeeCat
(24,411 posts)The energy companies use the media to tout many lies. That solar energy is too expensive and
wouldn't work. That wind and other alternatives are hippie, pie-in-the-sky ideas.
They also cover up the horrible reality of fracking and convince the public that we need to frack to
save the economy and create jobs.
They also helped BP to cover up the real damage of their catastrophe in the Gulf.
When I saw that BP was using our Coast Guard to prevent the media from filming oil-soaked wildlife, I knew it was all
over. A corporate commandeered our CG. And they also ignored Obama's/EPA's demands to stop dumping Corexit
into the Gulf.
The corporations own our government. They can do with it what they want. They're a cancer within the Pentagon,
the DOD, the military, the CIA and the NSA. As evidenced by how powerless Obama was with respect to BP, it appears
that they can circumvent the President.