These guys are morons. Fracking has been going on since 1949 and approximately 600,000-700,000 American oil and gas wells have used the technique since.
Now, if you want to talk about horizontal drilling, now that is a different subject.
All, actually I am wrong. Hydraulic fracturing has been around since 1949 when the first well was fraced in Oklahoma.
The other fracturing technique was using explosive deviced dow the drilled hole, from dynamite to nitroglycerin.
You are of course correct.
But in common parlance “fracking” is used to refer to horizontal drilling combined with various other high-tech methods of freeing tight oil.
It’s not entirely accurate, but you waste your breath arguing against common usage.