To Infinity and Beyond: Media Matters Exposes Echo Chamber On Bogus Keystone XL Jobs Claims

onJan 19, 2012 @ 18:37 PST

Media Matters for America produced this spot-on video to highlight the manner in which the totally bogus Keystone XL jobs figures were echoed and inflated by Fox News and other media.

Media Matters notes: Their job figures rely on industry-funded studies, and at times even grossly exaggerate those estimates. Watch as they struggle to get on the same page regarding which inflated estimate to use:

By Brendan DeMelle

Brendan is Executive Director of DeSmog. He is also a freelance writer and researcher specializing in media, politics, climate change and energy. His work has appeared in Vanity Fair, The Huffington Post, Grist, The Washington Times and other outlets.

uk/Fossil Fuel Giants Paying Thousands to Sponsor COP29 Events

BySam Bright

onNov 12, 2024 @ 09:06 PST

Oil and gas majors are splashing the cash in order to have a presence at the flagship climate talks in Azerbaijan.

Analysis

uk/COP Won’t Survive for Long Unless We Tackle Climate Corruption

ByBrice Böhmer

onNov 12, 2024 @ 06:00 PST

The flagship summit is at risk of turning into a tool for authoritarian petrostates.

Revealed: Big Oil Told 70 Years Ago That Fossil Fuel Emissions Could Impact ‘Civilization’

ByRebecca John

onNov 12, 2024 @ 03:00 PST

New documents show how a deceptive PR strategy pioneered in 1950s California first exposed the risk of climate change and then helped the industry deny it.

Series: History Lessons: How Polluters Took Control of Pollution Laws From The Start

Series: History Lessons: Polluter Influence