An Open Letter to Journalists From Gasland Director Josh Fox in Response to Attacks by Gas Industry

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An Open Letter to Journalists From Gasland Director Josh Fox in Response to Attacks by Gas Industry

Monday 21 February 2011

by: Josh Fox, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed

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In an unprecedented move, an oil and gas industry front group sent a letter to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences saying that the film should be ineligible for best documentary feature.

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It's not just us they're after. The gas industry goes after anyone who tries to punch a hole in their lie. Last week the same pro-drilling group, Energy in Depth (EID), attacked an investigative piece on drilling pollution by ProPublica, the highly credible public interest journalism organization.

And just last week, T. Boone Pickens, the most visible promoter of gas fracking, went on The Daily Show claiming that he personally has fracked over 3,000 wells and never witnessed any contamination cases, even when Jon Stewart asked him about GASLAND point blank. He simply stated over and over again the industry lie, that fracking is safe. Not a single word of acknowledgement, or responsibility for the claims of thousands and the threat posed to millions.

The gas industry believes it can create a new reality in which their nationwide onshore drilling campaign isn't a disaster. But no amount of PR money or slick ads can keep the stories of contamination coming from thousands of Americans from being any less true.

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[deminks]

1. T-bone has personally fracked? C'mon baby, light my tapwater.

What a fool.

[bbinacan]

2. I don't believe any contaminations have been

proven.