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Democrats Plan to Pressure TV Networks Into Covering Climate Change
National Journal ^ | January 15, 2014 | Ben German

Posted on 01/15/2014 4:08:49 AM PST by Biggirl

Senate Democrats pledging to get more aggressive on climate change will soon pressure the major TV networks to give the topic far greater attention on the Sunday talking-head shows.

Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, are gathering colleagues' signatures on a letter to the networks asserting that they're ignoring global warming.

"It is beyond my comprehension that you have ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox, that their Sunday shows have discussed climate change in 2012, collectively, for all of eight minutes," Sanders said, citing analysis by the liberal watchdog group Media Matters for America.

(Excerpt) Read more at nationaljournal.com ...


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KEYWORDS: democrats; globalwarming; networks; tv
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To: Biggirl

This is why TVs come with remotes.


21 posted on 01/15/2014 6:22:50 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Where are Holder's "po folks" getting the I.D.s to sign up for ObamaCare?)
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To: Biggirl

With of course the implied threat that the FCC will make their lives a living hell if they do not comply.


22 posted on 01/15/2014 6:26:31 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Biggirl
PRESSURE??

WTF? Why do they feel the need to pressure? Doesn't the RAT clown admin control the "news" media NOW? Do they want to dictate how entertainment covers climate also?

They want TOTAL CONTROL OVER EVERY HUMAN BEING ON THE PLANET and will not rest until they achieve this. We are all slaves to this tyrannical Government now - how much worse are "WE THE PEOPLE" going to allow this to become before we have REVOLUTION II?
23 posted on 01/15/2014 6:30:32 AM PST by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: Biggirl

Hippy Dippy Weatherman.....Carlin


24 posted on 01/15/2014 6:37:48 AM PST by showme_the_Glory (ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government)
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To: kidd

Why do you think that happened?


25 posted on 01/15/2014 6:54:51 AM PST by GOPJ ("Remember who the real enemy is... ")
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To: Biggirl

I’ve finally figured out why the Global Warming push.
I was watching a show called Africa on I think Animal Planet.

They were showing of Africans were helping to save wildlife and re-plant trees.
Then I thought, “Where are they getting the $$$ to do this?”
Paying people to protect animals.
Paying people to plant trees to prevent further desert growth.

The answer I suspect is “Cap and Trade” taxes collected from the USA.

This maps with Van Jones being originally assigned to environmental issues under Obama.
California likes to spend $$$ protecting animals so its a “Feel Good” law.
“Cap and Trade” tax targets corporations so voters don’t feel like they are effected.

The end result is Billions more of USA tax money gets funneled into Africa without Congressional oversite thru “Cap and Trade” which has no sunset clause and will only increase over time.


26 posted on 01/15/2014 6:55:43 AM PST by Zathras
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To: G Larry
They could provide video of the global warming research ship and the ice breaker stuck in the antarctic ice...

LOL - Good one G.

27 posted on 01/15/2014 6:56:27 AM PST by GOPJ ("Remember who the real enemy is... ")
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To: GOPJ

-Because efforts to redistribute wealth using climate as an excuse have fallen flat
-It is really low on issue priority lists for voters
-The carbon credit market has essentially collapsed
-MSM customer apathy on the subject

Or a combination of these.

But the amount of MSM coverage on the subject has nothing to do with climate or the lack of change in the climate.


28 posted on 01/15/2014 7:29:24 AM PST by kidd
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To: Biggirl
Something has to be done to deal with the media situation. The Fist Amendment was designed to protect Freedom of the Press to allow a free and open exchange of political ideas. Instead, the Marxists have used our own freedom against us by monopolizing the media and using it as a massive organ of public indoctrination and political propaganda.
29 posted on 01/15/2014 7:31:50 AM PST by ZULU (Magua is sitting in the Oval Office. Ted Cruz/Phil Robertson in 2016.)
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To: kidd
But the amount of MSM coverage on the subject has nothing to do with climate or the lack of change in the climate.

True, but media coverage does have something to do with how much money can be taken from American taxpayers. Warmists want the equivalent of free advertising - advertising that sells the cause AND the need for funding'...

30 posted on 01/15/2014 7:40:13 AM PST by GOPJ ("Remember who the real enemy is... ")
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To: IamConservative

These idiots may find their influence backfire. The problem the media is having with “man made global warming” is that it now threatens their credibility. If they start reporting, they may have to start sharing facts. The dems might not like how the media reports on Global Warming.


31 posted on 01/15/2014 9:29:23 AM PST by Tenacious 1 (Liberals can afford for things to go well, to work, for folks to be happy. They'd be out of work.)
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To: Biggirl
Hey Bernie, Brian

Here's yer glow-bull warming:


32 posted on 01/15/2014 1:47:47 PM PST by skeptoid (The road to serfdom is being paved by RINO's, and Lisa Murkowski is their mascot.)
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To: Biggirl

They’re still grumpy because Caliph Baraq used up the 24 months of Democrat control to pass Obamacare and whiffed on Cap’N’Tax.


33 posted on 01/15/2014 1:52:43 PM PST by nascarnation (I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
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To: Biggirl

In other words, stop giving airtime and column inches to climate change “deniers.”


34 posted on 01/15/2014 1:57:55 PM PST by GSWarrior
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