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Hoodwink: AP Hypes Biden Sounding ‘Alarm’ on Rising Energy Prices, Ignores His Anti-Oil Policies
NewsBusters ^ | 8/11/2021 | Joseph Vazquez

Posted on 08/11/2021 9:57:03 AM PDT by JV3MRC

The Associated Press (AP) found a way to make President Joe Biden look like an American prophet warning about rising energy prices, without mentioning how his anti-oil agenda is contributing to the growing crisis.

AP ran a puff story headlined, “Biden administration sounds alarm on rising energy prices.” The lede paragraph was just as ridiculous: “President Joe Biden’s administration is raising alarms at home and abroad about rising energy prices slowing the nation’s recovery from the pandemic-induced recession.” GasBuddy Head of Petroleum Analysis Patrick De Haan argued in April that Biden’s energy plan was contributing to rising gas prices. In addition, Bloomberg News reported in July that Biden was “preparing to release a blueprint for limiting sales of U.S. drilling rights that falls short of the outright ban sought by some environmentalists.” The move came “as rising oil and gasoline prices highlight the risks of curtailing domestic crude production,” according to Bloomberg News. World Oil republished the Bloomberg story under the headline: “Biden continues his anti-U.S. oil and gas push while crude demand rises.”

The AP report has since been stealth-edited to reflect a less pro-Biden headline: “Biden team is seeking ways to address rising energy prices.” The lede paragraph has been changed as well.

Guess what: AP’s report didn’t mention the damning context while propping up Biden’s alleged concern about rising gas prices.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: associatedpress; energy; inflation; joebiden; oil

1 posted on 08/11/2021 9:57:03 AM PDT by JV3MRC
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To: JV3MRC

High gas prices = lost elections for incumbents.............


2 posted on 08/11/2021 9:58:03 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: JV3MRC

Price controls work everywhere./s


3 posted on 08/11/2021 9:58:04 AM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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To: JV3MRC

Bans Water and then wonders why he’s thirsty


4 posted on 08/11/2021 10:00:04 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: JV3MRC

It’s kind of like, “Ted Bundy raises alarm about recent attacks on young women.”


5 posted on 08/11/2021 10:00:38 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: JV3MRC

Biden’s handlers are doing everything they can to boost the price of oil.


6 posted on 08/11/2021 10:05:37 AM PDT by Blennos ( )
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Notice he has put us at OPEC’s mercy with his stupid policies. Now he has to beg them for relief.

Make OPEC Great Again.


7 posted on 08/11/2021 10:18:37 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods ( comment might be sarcasm, or not. It depends. Often I'm not sure either.)
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If we only had some means to produce our own......oh wait...


8 posted on 08/11/2021 10:25:00 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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So essentially, Biden has proven that the “Drill, baby, drill” theory as implemented by Trump, actually works. And now that Biden has shut everything down, he’s compassionately warning us about rising gas proces.

This is like Cuomo’s tearful resignation speech yesterday wherein, he said that it would be weeks and months of hearings and investigations that would derail state government and that out of the goodness of his heart he won’t let this happen. Of course he completely omitted the fact that his actions were entirely responsible.

What is it with Democrats? All of them are screw ups yet masters at blaming others for their incompetence or criminality.


9 posted on 08/11/2021 10:29:52 AM PDT by Obadiah (Truth is treason in an Empire of lies.)
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The American people are so dumb. They still aren’t revolting over the higher prices. They voted for Biden and Harris and their man-made climate change crackdown policies.

Biden signaled the oil industry to raise prices because no more fracking, no more oil drilling in the US, and no continuing to build the pipeline. Prices went up right away.

Now the man who pushed them into the swimming pool and held their heads under water, then pulled them up and allowed them to live, will be awarded the Lifesaver Citizen Award.


10 posted on 08/11/2021 10:33:52 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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"...without mentioning how his anti-oil agenda is contributing to the growing crisis."

CONTRIBUTING?? Biden CAUSED it!

Trump unleashed American industry, wiped out millions of pages of regulations strangling industry, and in four short years made the USA a net exporter of energy. O'Biden reversed much of that on Day 1 and here we are just seven months later in a Biden-made energy crisis. SEVEN MONTHS!

It feels like seven dreadful years already.

11 posted on 08/11/2021 10:45:48 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Criminal democrats kill babies. Do you think anything else is a problem for them?” ~ joma89)
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AP

ALL PROPAGANDA !!!!


12 posted on 08/11/2021 11:20:43 AM PDT by Pearfect ( )
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The asinine press is not a news source but a propaganda mill.


13 posted on 08/11/2021 11:59:44 AM PDT by Fungi
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