Posted on 01/02/2019 10:13:39 AM PST by Red Badger
It’s a new year, and a new Twitter post from actor James Woods is getting attention for taking decisive aim at the establishment media.
His powerful New Year’s Eve tweet was also a twofer, hitting at media mogul and potential 2020 candidate Michael Bloomberg.
And the picture said it all — Bloomberg alighting from a private jet, an experience few Americans will ever have, but one that’s routine for the billionaire class.
Woods’ point about Bloomberg’s hypocrisy is valid. Virtually every moment during the businessman and former New York City mayor’s appearance on “Meet the Press” on Sunday was spent talking about climate change and energy.
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Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg sits down with Chuck to discuss his work combating climate change and whether he will run for president in 2020. nbcnews.com
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In the meantime, he travels by private jet. Bloomberg and his green energy buddies might make a lot of noise in the media about energy conservation and lowering human impact on the environment, but it’s tough to think of a mode of travel that uses more fuel and is less friendly to the environment.
A 2013 “news analysis” from The New York Times provides a clue as to how much of a carbon footprint air travel creates.
“One round-trip flight from New York to Europe or to San Francisco creates a warming effect equivalent to 2 or 3 tons of carbon dioxide per person. The average American generates about 19 tons of carbon dioxide a year; the average European, 10.
“So if you take five long flights a year, they may well account for three-quarters of the emissions you create.”
A private jet may differ from a commercial jet, and in the years since the article was published, the numbers may have improved. But there’s no denying Bloomberg’s life choices aren’t exactly as green as the choices climate change activists want to force on the rest of us.
This is far from the first time Woods has launched a knock-out blow against the establishment media. He’s hit at CNN for poor journalism:
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I’d like to punch him so hard he becomes like Gilbert Grape.
Now that’s funny!
I love James Woods :)
When they do things like that they are not worried about "global warming". They are virtue signaling.
Ed Begley Jr. is a total jerk but at least he (sort of) walks the walk.
#metoo
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