Wherever in the World Matt is He's Worrying About His Carbon Footprint
NBC's Matt Lauer appeared live from Buenos Aires, Argentina as part of the latest installment of the "Today" show's "Where In The World Is Matt Lauer?" ratings gimmick and he went out of his way to assuage viewers that NBC News was doing their part to stay "green" in his travels.Prompted by an e-mailer's question, read by co-host Meredith Vieira, Lauer assured the "Today" audience that they were…
Cramer Blames Inflation on Ethanol: 'Drop the Mandate, Prices Plummet
In the past couple of weeks, NewsBusters has reported the media's sudden negative opinion of ethanol as a result of rising food prices and rationing of rice by certain retailors.You can now add NBC to the list, and, in particular, the host of CNBC's "Mad Money," Jim Cramer, who on Friday's "Today" show actually blamed ethanol for the current crisis while stating emphatically, "You drop the…
Sting's Wife Admits They're Hypocrites About Global Warming
The hypocrisy surrounding the global warming positions of actors and rock stars is certainly not news, except when one of them actually admits it.With that in mind, when the wife of the environmentally outspoken leader of the Police discusses the huge carbon footprint she and her husband have, sycophantic green media should pay attention and recognize that virtually all such wealthy alarmists are…
CNN’s Larry King Fails to Ask Pelosi About Fake Bible Quote
During a taped interview with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi which aired on Thursday’s "Larry King Live," Larry King did not bring up the California Democrat’s longstanding use of a fictional quote from the Bible, which CNSNews.com chronicled in a report on April 23. During the interview, which totaled just under 19 minutes, King asked Pelosi about a variety of topics, such as the race between…
Harrison Ford Gets Chest Waxed to Promote Environmentalism
When I saw the headline in the NewsBusters' ad section for Deceiver's website "Harrison Ford Waxes Off His Man Fur for Mother Earth," I was expecting something tongue-in-cheek. To my amazement, this was serious: one of my favorite actors of all time was actually waxing the hair off his chest to bring attention to deforestation.Think I'm kidding, and participating in the joke?Think again, for…
Perfect Job for Sheryl Crow: Montgomery County, Md. Jailor
"Toilet Paper Rationing Proposed for Inmates" read the teaser headline in the sidebar of my Metro section front page for the April 25 Washington Post. "Since when did Sheryl Crow become a jail warden?" I wondered. Much to my chagrin, I found it was not such a green story after all, unless the green we're talking about is the budget for the Montgomery County, Maryland budget:Montgomery County…
Green Is Universal: Corporate Shilling at Its Finest
As you pretty much have to know by now due to the fact that they won't shut up about it, NBC Universal's "Green Is Universal" campaign is winding down. Begining next week, we'll no longer be hearing the media giant's numerous television properties spreading feel-good environmentalism to viewers and promoting allegedly earth-friendly policies (ethanol, anyone?). I, for one, couldn't be more happy…
Gore Ducks Questions About Food Crisis, Ethanol and Climate Alarmism
A remarkable thing happened Thursday: a press member wanted to ask Nobel Laureate Al Gore about the growing international food crisis and how it relates to ethanol and global warming hysteria.Not surprisingly, the man who cast the tie-breaking vote in the Senate fourteen years ago mandating the use of ethanol wasn't available, and a spokesman for his hysteria-driving Alliance for Climate…
Need a 'Carbon Karma' Guru? Look No Farther Than 'Couric & Co
Looking for a "carbon karma" guru? Didn't think so. But in case you were, you can always ask CBS's Hari Sreenivasan, who has anointed himself equal to the task. From an April 23 post to CBSNews.com's Couric & Co. blog:The simple idea with carbon offsets is that you are trying to clean up the earth a bit for the damage you feel you might be doing – whether it be from the carbon emissions of…
Glenn Beck Exposes Ethanol's Connection to Rising Food Prices
As food prices soar, and rationing of such things as rice begin, America's media are finally starting to wake up to the inconvenient truth that ethanol is not the energy panacea folks like Nobel Laureate Al Gore proclaim.Leading the charge is conservative talk radio host Glenn Beck, who invited the Competitive Enterprise Institute's Iain Murray on his program Tuesday to discuss the looming crisis…
RFK Jr. 'Manifesto' Parallels 'Abolishing' Slavery, Quitting Carbon Us
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to ‘abolish’ carbon usage and sees a direct comparison to the end of slavery.According to Kennedy, “industry and government warnings” about avoiding “economic ruin” should not be heeded because abolishing slavery did not cripple the British economy as was predicted “Instead of collapsing, as slavery’s proponents had predicted, Britain’s economy accelerated,” he argued…
CBS ‘Early Show’ Highlights Environmentalist ‘Scuppies
At the end of Wednesday’s CBS "Early Show" co-host Harry Smith introduced a segment on a new group of environmentally-friendly young professionals: "Earth Day, of course, was yesterday, but for many Earth Day is every day, especially for a growing number of Americans of means." Correspondent Priya David went on define this new demographic: "Scuppies, so interesting, that's what the people in this…
Gingrich Explains Why He Did Global Warming Ad With Pelosi
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich recently did a global warming ad with Nancy Pelosi that was sponsored by Nobel Laureate Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection (embedded right).Obviously, he has taken a lot of heat -- no pun intended -- from conservatives for not only staking out a seemingly unconservative position on this controversial issue, but doing so in such a high-profile way…
