Stunning Example of Agenda-Driven Media

     
     This news team edits a four-year-old's words in a way that is pretty upsetting. Just watch the video, I don't really need to say more.

     I guess the point is you need to be wary of what you hear in the news, because things like this happen.

Shell Wants You To Think Drilling In Alaska Is Great.

     I've seen a few ads around the internet for Shell talking about what they want to do in Alaska. I clicked the ad to see their site and sadly it's all the same propaganda type stuff. They talk about the economic benefits, how trained they are to handle spills and try to dispel some of the myths about the dangers of drilling up north. I don't think they're lying about any of this, but it is all very misleading. The same basic facts about oil polluting the environment and how we will one day NEED to ween ourselves away from it are ignored by things like this.

     Sure we could drill in Alaska and live off that oil and prolong the life of our current energy system, but when the times comes that oil is too scarce to be practical, we will be that much less prepared.

Shell Website:
http://www.shell.us/
Shell in Alaska
http://www.shell.us/home/content/usa/aboutshell/projects_locations/alaska/