Thread: Conservative Media Outraged That EPA Wants To Enforce The Law

Conservative Media Outraged That EPA Wants To Enforce The Law

Conservative media are dutifully running with the latest faux-outrage story orchestrated by Senator Inhofe (R-OK), who is circulating comments made two years ago by regional EPA administrator Al Armendariz about the difficulty of enforcing environmental safeguards.

At a May 2010 meeting in Dish, Texas, a town plagued with pollution from natural gas operations, Armendariz was asked how regulators can "keep on top" of the "explosion" of drilling in the area. Using words that he admitted at the time were "probably a little crude" and for which he has since apologized, Armendariz compared his enforcement approach to the Romans crucifying a few to gain compliance of the many, saying that strong enforcement against oil and gas companies that "are not complying with the law" can have a "deterrent effect" on other companies who will "decide at that point that it's time to clean up." While his analogy was unfortunate, the concept of using limited enforcement resources to target major violators is common sense.

What gets me is that the Conservative Media has no stake in the anti-EPA game. They don't get paid by big Oil and Big Coal to put this crap on the air.

At least the GOP Congressmen who are anti-science and anti-public safety have an excuse.... they get paid to play. They get campaign contributions.

Also, Fox never uses real experts to 'report' on this stuff, they're all paid shills who can't get on any real news show.

Guys, before you even bother to look into this, it's from Media Matters.

I'm starting to think Pete and H'nut are socks.

oil production is at an eight-year high,

Yea I bet it is, considering it takes 5-10 years before a hole punched in the ground makes oil or gas, that says quite a bit for Bush doesn't it?

And remember, it was the libs who said it would take 5-10 years to produce oil and gas, which was the reason that they said "drill baby drill" wouldn't work since it would take half a decade at the least to see the first drop of oil. But when the oil starts to flow, it's Obama that gets the credit.

If media matters and their followers would get their head out of their asses long enough to learn anything about oil and gas production, then maybe they'd stop making such fools out of themselves.

Originally Posted by dontworrybehappy

Guys, before you even bother to look into this, it's from Media Matters.

I'm starting to think Pete and H'nut are socks.

The previous post was made by a poster who has "Quck Obama" as their avatar.

Originally Posted by winston53660

The previous post was made by a poster who has "Quck Obama" as their avatar.

This thread isn't about me. I know, I LOVE the attention, but really, it's about the OP.

Originally Posted by dontworrybehappy

This thread isn't about me. I know, I LOVE the attention, but really, it's about the OP.

It's not about Media Matters either

Originally Posted by sangha

It's not about Media Matters either

Yes it is. When it is used as a source, which is known to have SEVERE bias and inaccuracy in its reporting, YES, it is about Media Matters.

Originally Posted by dontworrybehappy

Guys, before you even bother to look into this, it's from Media Matters.

Troll much?

Can't address the article so you attack the source.

Originally Posted by dontworrybehappy

Yes it is. When it is used as a source, which is known to have SEVERE bias and inaccuracy in its reporting, YES, it is about Media Matters.

No, it's not about MM; it's about your total FAIL at pointing out any inaccuracies in the OP

Originally Posted by hazlnut

Troll much?

Can't address the article so you attack the source.

Originally Posted by sangha

No, it's not about MM; it's about your total FAIL at pointing out any inaccuracies in the OP

I'm going to address the article and show it is about Media Matters.

Here is the part of that article that matches the title:

But on Fox News this morning, Inhofe claimed "this is all a part of Obama's war on domestic energy." And on his Fox Business show, Stuart Varney promoted the same narrative, saying "Of course there's a war on oil, that's this administration's policy!" Fox's Charles Payne responded, "It's their number one policy."

The 2 links to back up this paragraph are both centered around the video of the EPA official saying they were going to crucify the oil industry. The first is simply the words of the senator and the second is the opinions on a Fox Business Channel show... One which I happen to agree with.

Fox has worked hard to perpetuate this myth, despite the fact that oil production is at an eight-year high,

This is backed up with 3 points:

1. From a guest on Hannity... A guest on a political opinion show.
2. A Fox Business panel show "Follow the money"
3. From Fox Nation, a BLOG that simply reposted an op-ed from the NY Post.


That's all folks... Just to recap, the "Conservative media" that Media Matters is talking about, and the focus of this article, consists of:

* Two men on a Fox business show last week, based on the words of an EPA official.
* Two guests on Fox Business show "Follow the money" from July of 2011.
* One guest from September 2011 on Hannity, a political opinion show on Fox News.
* An August 2011 op-ed in the NY Post.

That's 5 people from 2 networks... 4 from two business shows and 1 on a political opinion show... And 1 op-ed from the NY Post... In a period of 10 months.

So as you see, this is another misleading headline from Media Matters that attempts to make a mountain out of a .... Well, out of absolutely nothing.

Originally Posted by Grim17

I'm going to address the article and show it is about Media Matters.

Here is the part of that article that matches the title:



The 2 links to back up this paragraph are both centered around the video of the EPA official saying they were going to crucify the oil industry. The first is simply the words of the senator and the second is the opinions on a Fox Business Channel show... One which I happen to agree with.



This is backed up with 3 points:

1. From a guest on Hannity... A guest on a political opinion show.
2. A Fox Business panel show "Follow the money"
3. From Fox Nation, a BLOG that simply reposted an op-ed from the NY Post.


That's all folks... Just to recap, the "Conservative media" that Media Matters is talking about, and the focus of this article, consists of:

* Two men on a Fox business show last week, based on the words of an EPA official.
* Two guests on Fox Business show "Follow the money" from July of 2011.
* One guest from September 2011 on Hannity, a political opinion show on Fox News.
* An August 2011 op-ed in the NY Post.

That's 5 people from 2 networks... 4 from two business shows and 1 on a political opinion show... And 1 op-ed from the NY Post... In a period of 10 months.

So as you see, this is another misleading headline from Media Matters that attempts to make a mountain out of a .... Well, out of absolutely nothing.

All you've done is confirm the report - that the media sources that are conservative are outraged that the EPA is going to enforce the law

The only attempt to "make a mountain" is your laughable attempt to dishonestly misportray the headline as meaning that EVERY (or merely "many") conservative media outlet is outraged