There's nowhere to hide from NBC's omnipresent "Green Week," of which NB readers are sure to be hearing plenty in coming days. NBC's eco-activism even made its way into what you'd normally hope would be a refuge from MSM politics: football.
"Green Week" reared its head during NBC's broadcast of last night's NFL game between Dallas and Philadelphia, played in the City of Brotherly Love.
AL MICHAELS: Tonight kicks off "Green Week" on all the NBC-Universal media properties and shows, an effort to create awareness to better the environment. The Eagles pretty much taking the lead in that area; their building in downtown Philly lighted in green, the "Go Green" initiative here led by Christina Lurie, the wife of the owner of the Eagles, Jeffrey Lurie.
That's when the screen displayed the Eagles' earth-friendly beverage cup shown here. Surely Eagle fans, hurling their beverages in the direction of their hapless team at the end of its 38-17 beatdown by the Cowboys, were keenly comforted to know that the cup "is made from corn, environmentally sustainable and 100% compostable."
Note: Jeff Lurie is a maxed-out donor to Hillary's primary and general election campaigns, and has contributed to a host of other Dem causes. Christina Laurie is also a generous Dem donor, contributing as well to the Soros-funded Americans Coming Together.
Bonus Coverage: As Bryan at Hot Air has noted [video], things got even worse:
As a pointless, self-serving enviro gimmick, NBC doused the studio lights during last night’s Cowboys/Eagles rout. Broadcasting in the dark did serve at least one useful purpose — we literally saw less of Keith Olbermann. But other than that, it was idiotic.
—Mark Finkelstein is a NewsBusters contributing editor and host of Right Angle. Contact him at mark@gunhill.net.
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I was on...
November 5, 2007 - 07:44 ET by tater...another website where people were talking about the peacock being green. Most thought the peacock was sick. Considering NBC's ratings I'd have to agree.
}}---> Gang Green at NBC
November 5, 2007 - 08:09 ET by Cool ArrowI think it was Costas who suggested some Johnny Mathis music with the lights down low. Olbie was speechless.
Seems what NBC has done to News could easily metastasize to include their Sports.
I know they threatened 150 hours of serious heavy-handed indoctrination. Any volunteers?
Preaching
November 5, 2007 - 08:09 ET by allanfExcept for an occasional glance to see what liberal outrages are being perpetrated on the Today Show, I don't watch NBC at all. I wonder if others enjoy being preached to outside of religious services.
}}---> Maybe i do allanf
November 5, 2007 - 08:25 ET by Cool ArrowDoes Boston Legal come on NBC? I'm thinking it must because you have to wade through a big pile of gratuitous gaiety and old Murphy Brown to hear Shatner say something relevant.
Maybe that's NBC. I don't know, I just DVR it.
I was a captive last night on account of they were showing The Dallas Cowboys beat the Green Philadelphia Eagles who, by the way feature Donovan McNabb, a washed up QB whose claim to fame is that he was once the MSM "Magic Quarterback" until Rush told the truth about him.
I'm trying to master the run-on sentence.
Boston Legal
November 5, 2007 - 08:38 ET by allanfBoston Legal is an ABC Show. I've watched it a few times. Lot's of gratuitous liberal themes, but still entertaining. More Shatner please.
I agree, allanf....Shatner
November 5, 2007 - 10:42 ET by motherbeltI agree, allanf....Shatner is a hoot! I can't believe he's 76!
"Eagles pretty much taking
November 5, 2007 - 08:17 ET by saw the light"Eagles pretty much taking the lead in that area; their building in downtown Philly lighted in green"
So how in the world does lighting a buliding in green make any difference? People will think that it's St. Patrick's Day.
Their actions make absolutely no difference, but it makes them feel better, and that's what counts, right?
"There is a tendency for the world to say to America, 'the big problems of the world are yours, you go and sort them out,' and then to worry when America wants to sort them out." - Tony Blair
And the green lighting could
November 5, 2007 - 10:34 ET by steviep831And the green lighting could also confuse those that don't know the main color for the Eagles is NOT gre..... wait... what did you say? The main color for the Eagles is green? Hmmm. Going green? Or just being supportive of your team? hahaha... What a bunch of idiots.
A half time show where
November 5, 2007 - 08:27 ET by ahusserA half time show where there is some kind of Arctic Circle segment? I couldn't watch it anymore and turned the game off. This (hopefully) is the peak of this delusional insanity. Before it costs us real and lots of money.
I haven't watched much of
November 5, 2007 - 08:38 ET by ricklailI haven't watched much of it all season. I want to puke when Oberman comes on. I knew about this green crap so I never even turned there.
Southern by birth, Tarheel by the grace of God!
I am hoping that this green insanity
November 5, 2007 - 08:51 ET by Nortonalecwill go the way of the low-carb diet.
Nortonalec
Why isn't Roker in a parka and Matt in shorts!
November 5, 2007 - 09:03 ET by whodatOn Today they flew the entire cast crew to three remote locations in support of Gobal Warming? Green my ass.
Last Rights
November 5, 2007 - 09:07 ET by CrashIf NBC wants to get into the preacher business, let them. They don't do very well reporting the news.
I don't find anything wrong with the idea of using green products ... unless, you're trying to kill "super bugs" in high school locker rooms. Nothing kills germs better than bleach, ammonia, rubbing alcohol or hydrogen peroxide.
Saints game
November 5, 2007 - 09:16 ET by UnsaneSlightly related, but...
Did anyone see the Saints game on CBS yesterday? Towards the end, they just HAD to show a shot of some neighborhoods being rebuilt around there, and of course there was the obligatory sobbing of the announcers of how New Orleans was slowly recovering from Katrina...
Once again...do these morons not understand that freakin' New Orleans isn't the ONLY city on the Gulf Coast to face the threat of hurricanes???
Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest.
Unsane
November 5, 2007 - 09:51 ET by ricklailI am sick of the pity party for NO. It has gone on too long. Mississippi has worked long and hard to rebuild. They are not sitting around gripping about it. I feel that a lot of NO's problem is that the housing was rental housing. The landlords just decided not to rebuild. Most of the renters had left anyway.
Just to mention amother Gulf City, Pensacola is well on the way to recovery from Ivan.
Southern by birth, Tarheel by the grace of God!
Doing my part
November 5, 2007 - 09:44 ET by MidAmericaDoing my part for 'Green Week' I'm taking off today for a 2200 mile round trip drive in my four door Dodge Ram with a big honkin' V-8. As I am travelling I will be snacking on high cholesteral food cooked in trans-fat and occasionally stopping to eat the charred flesh of other creatures. Hopefully this sitting and eating will not cause me to emit a lot of ...er... uh... 'greenhouse gasses'.
Hey Mid
November 5, 2007 - 20:49 ET by sunandsteelBe sure to run the air conditioner whether you need it or not. Also drive about 10 miles an hour over the speed limit. Dont get any kind of veggies with your meals, anything with granola is of the devil. Play some Trivium or Children of Bodom really loud through your system too. That should just about kill the rest of the hippies. LOL.
Texas has a population of nearly 21 million people, all of whom are ashamed to be from the same state as the Dixie Chicks. (IMAO.us)
I saw some of this last
November 5, 2007 - 10:24 ET by steviep831I saw some of this last night (I had to turn it off I was getting so sick with the show), but at one point, Mr Costas said something to the effect of, "In an effort to Go Green, we looked into how we could reduce our own energy consumption. And although we couldn't find any ways to really do that, at least we are raising awareness."
What a bunch of hypocrites! You mean that you couldn't find ONE thing to do to reduce your energy consumption? I thought of one. Go off air... and it'll save us all the carbon dioxide you are giving off.
At another point, they made some wild statement like, "if everyone in Philly turned off one light in a room it equals powering 3000 homes for a year...." Ha! Where do hey come up with this stuff? "If you just stop eating meat for one meal a day, it equals powering the entire city of New York for ten years!" See I can make wild claims too!!!
I know how they could reduce
November 5, 2007 - 20:51 ET by sunandsteelThey could shoot Keith Olberdouche. Just think of how many trees we could save if he didnt get a paycheck anymore.
Texas has a population of nearly 21 million people, all of whom are ashamed to be from the same state as the Dixie Chicks. (IMAO.us)
Has anyone considered where
November 5, 2007 - 11:10 ET by motherbeltHas anyone considered where the price of corn is going to go if they keep using it to make plastic cups and gasoline? And won't we need more farms to grow it all, maybe cutting down more trees to free up the land? Why do they always think that one thing does not affect anything else?
Yes
November 5, 2007 - 11:31 ET by mattmThis is the "lesson" of "Economics in One Lesson" by Hazlitt.
You have to look at the secondary effects of a policy to determine its value or lack thereof.
It should be required reading.
Since When?
November 5, 2007 - 11:27 ET by mattmSince when has the NFL been a refuge from MSM politics? The NFL has been about as PC as anything.
Elsewhere, the price for
November 5, 2007 - 11:42 ET by wiwfElsewhere, the price for tortillas in mexico is skyrocketing because Americans think they can combat a 1500 year weather cycle.
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NBC Green Week
November 5, 2007 - 12:41 ET by pocomocoNBC’s Green Week is a great metaphor that describes the state that the network has been in for some time now – it’s in the dark.
As their viewership continues to plummet, I’m not sure who this gratuitous act is supposed to impress and what they hope to gain from it - other than looking and sounding stupid.
If "global warming" was as
November 5, 2007 - 12:48 ET by Chris NormanIf "global warming" was as dire and serious a threat as Gore and the media make it to be, then aren't these kind of stupid stunts by NBC and others trivializing it?
Dark not Green
November 5, 2007 - 13:28 ET by PawpawNI think they be in the RED, as profits falling, so GREEN not a good term to NBC/GE UNIVERSAL!!
CANDLES???!!!!
November 5, 2007 - 13:22 ET by tpmintxI thought that the candles were a Halloween stunt at first. Then I heard them commenting that they were "doing their part" to save energy, or cut back on carbon emissions, or whatever.
Regardless of your position on anthropogenic global warming, I gotta wonder what the real trade off is on candles vs electric lights. Even with 5000 watts of studio lighting, they might be producing less net CO2 than they were with those stupid candles.
I turned on my TV to watch a FOOTBALL GAME, not to be preached at. Fortunately, my children were well-enough educated to argue back at the screen themselves.
Candle Emissions
November 5, 2007 - 13:27 ET by PawpawNWhat type of emissions do candles make? What are they made of? How are they made? Don't they upset nature more than electricity? These things we need to know to make an informed decision on whether to cut the light off and burn a candle or not!!
A/C Thermostat Setting - John Lennon IMAGINE
November 5, 2007 - 14:06 ET by kwThey dimmed the lights, but did they dim the air conditioning at the studio? And what about all the neon lights and signs? Why did they broadcast in the first place? How about greening by not playing football, not broadcasting and not everyone watching the game.
I can hear John Lennon now...Imagine all the electricity we woulod have saved, all the gas we would have saved, all that evil carbon (note - carbon dioxide that we breathe out all day long) we would have not emitted.
What a joke. I can only assume that Al is wondering why he has to deal with these morons at NBC and why he couldn't have gotten the gig at ESPN on Monday nights.
This Green Week is out of hand
November 5, 2007 - 23:03 ET by nathaniaEw!
I just watched Chuck and it was GREEN, GREEN, GREEN
Why didn't the writers strike when they were forced to include this agenda into their scripts? (Yes, i know it's because they're liberal too)
Here's my take:
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