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NPR Hides Host's Speech for Pay

By Tim Graham | November 05, 2011 | 07:21

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Guest hosts of the NPR-distributed Diane Rehm Show announced on Thursday and Friday that "Diane is in Maine on a station visit." But that description to the public was incomplete. In fact, Rehm went to Portland, Maine as a keynote speaker on Friday to the fall conference of the local environmental group Maine Businesses for Sustainability. "Diane Rehm will discuss the ways in which sustainability and sustainable concepts have infiltrated current events, touching on her personal observations of sustainability trends in the media."

Rehm isn't exactly an environmental scientist, but online, it's suggested she charges $7,000 to $20,000 and a first-class plane ticket for a keynote speech.

MBS is all about promoting "renewable energy" sources like solar and wind power. Did Rehm talk about Solyndra scandal coverage trends in the media? (Or all the bias by omission?) Their PR patter sounds like this:

Maine Businesses for Sustainability is a network of Maine businesses expanding their bottom line through sustainable business practices and triple bottom line values. Sustainability is much more than green practices - it includes profitability, community engagement, and employee relations, as well as environmentally friendly practices. MBS membership benefits those just learning about sustainability and those businesses that have sustainability incorporated into their mission.

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Sheesh!!

Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 7:42am.

When I hear 'sustainable' I hear 'more snake oil'! You can put lipstick on a pig, i.e., call the niche energy from solar and wind 'mainstream', but it's still a pig.

Americans keeping their own earnings is a Civil Right! Demand your Civil Rights!
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fresh lipstick same pig

Submitted by MidAmerica on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 8:45am.

'Sustainability' is the favored buzzword now that Global Warming/Climate Change seems to have lost  the emotional impact on the public that it once had. 

 

Sustainability: definition.... a personal or business practice approved by Liberals.

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New way of fooling

Submitted by jon_torlin on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 10:05am.

So this business venture is just a new way of trying to fool people of the same old nonsense while at the same time still demonizing the tried and true methods that these liberals want to get away from in favor of unicorns that fart rainbows.  Got it.

That's how I read this.

-Jon

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Sustainable

Submitted by Model850 on Sun, 11/06/2011 - 3:56pm.

There are some who would argue oil and other hydrocarbons are sustainable.

One of the world's leading advocates for the theory that hydrocarbons are renewable is Dr. Thomas Gold who contends that oil is not a limited resource, and that oil, natural gas and coal, are not so-called “fossil fuels.”

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