MRC's Clay Waters Appears on FNC Discussing NBC's Coverage of Al Gore's 'Live Earth'


Clay Waters, Editor of the MRC's TimesWatch site and a Newsbusters contributor, appeared yesterday on Fox News Channel's "The Big Story" with John Gibson. The topic addressed was NBC's extensive coverage of the Al Gore 'Live Earth' concert airing this weekend.

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Ban Live-Earth! Biggest hyp

Ban Live-Earth! Biggest hypocritical concert... ever! Moreso than Woodstock part 2.

Morals....? Who needs those?

Is there any coverage of the

Is there any coverage of the carbon-footprint of this event?

How many airline (public and especially private) are used for this?

How much electricity and from what sources (coal-fired?) is used?

How much fuel for generators?

Are all the lights compact flourescent?

        If so how do they recycle the mercury?

How many private vehicles will be driven to this?

        How much public transportation?

Well, you get my drift.   More scare by Al

“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”   -Chief Justice John Roberts 

"Is there any coverage

"Is there any coverage of the carbon-footprint of this event?"

Not sure, but there was a link on Drudge earlier that said this one-day concert is going to put more CO2 into the atmosphere than Afghanistan did in all of 2006.

Thanks ckc i found this at dr

Thanks ckc i found this at drudge

The total carbon footprint of the event, taking into account the artists' and spectators' travel to the concert, and the energy consumption on the day, is likely to be at least 31,500 tonnes of carbon emissions, according to John Buckley of Carbonfootprint.com, who specialises in such calculations.

Throw in the television audience and it comes to a staggering 74,500 tonnes. In comparison, the average Briton produces ten tonnes in a year.

The concert will also generate some 1,025 tonnes of waste at the concert stadiums - much of which will go directly into landfill sites.

“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”   -Chief Justice John Roberts 

Great info, botg.Of course, w

Great info, botg.

Of course, we don't need to get worked up about this because it's for a good cause.

Oh yeah i know, when i e-mail

Oh yeah i know, when i e-mailed the Goracle to tell him he was full of it; he replied 'smells like money'

“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”   -Chief Justice John Roberts 

lol

lol

Al wakes up every morning &qu

Al wakes up every morning "on tour" and says "I love the smell of carbon credits in the morning!"

It is all a farce and yes, it

It is all a farce and yes, it is very political. No matter what, Gore always seems to bank on his supporters being foolish. Notice many of his supporters are in show business.

hmm....

Clowns to the left of him ---- GORE ---- Jokes to the right

djms...

Live Earth Irony

I love the Live Earth Irony of having rock bands perform. The biggest carbon footprints on the planet are left by rock bands. They burn up thousands of gallons of PRIVATE jet fuel traveling to their venues. Plus they suck up huge amounts of electricity to power their lights, sound, etc.. Their stretch limos are bigger gas guzzlers than SUVs. And then there are the carbon footprints left all over the walls when they destroy their luxurious hotel rooms.

Just chilling their champagne bottles probably uses up more energy than an average family in a day.

That's why I like Bluegrass

That's why I like Bluegrass PJ. Tiny carbon footprint, great sound...and no limos.

BTW Clay was very good and made interesting points on the Gibson show.

Remember when America had re

Remember when America had real musicians

Rochester, Minnesota: A Fem_Leftist City!

My question is are any of the

My question is are any of the groups on Tippers watch List at the PMRC?

Did Algore check?

Build The Fence

"My question is are an

"My question is are any of the groups on Tippers watch List at the PMRC?

Did Algore check?"

That's some sweet irony right there, lol. Not sure if he's on the list, but Snoop Dog probably qualifies, fo schizzle.

Clay Waters had it right: i

Clay Waters was right: if Gore does run, this will go down as the largest "in-kind" contribution to a political campaign in history.

NBC and Fox

So, what I see now is that NBC doesn't want the Fairness Doctrine and Fox wants the Fairness Doctrine.  Well thanks Mr. Gibson for clearing that up.

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