Articles by David Roberts
David Roberts was a staff writer for Grist. You can follow him on Twitter, if you're into that sort of thing.
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Idle hands …
Does anyone care about Marc Morano's hack blasts any more? He's now flinging lies at Bob Herbert's wan little column on global warming, which to me gives the distinct odor of busywork.
Maybe if we all just ignore him, Inhofe will put him to work doing something else. Hey, I hear the pesticide industry is in need of some FUD.
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Meet your meat
Meat.org has a new video. I've pasted it below the fold. Not for the weak of stomach.
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YouTube faux-amateur slander from the halls of DCI
An unspeakably stupid video about Al Gore and penguins has been floating around YouTube for a while. Over at The Wall Street Journal, Antonio Regalado and Dionne Searcey pulled off a crackerjack bit of reporting, tracing the author to an email address, an email address to an IP address, and ...
... the email originated from a computer registered to DCI Group, a Washington, D.C., public relations and lobbying firm whose clients include oil company Exxon Mobil Corp.
You don't say.
DCI runs Tech Central Station, the notoriously bought and paid for opinion outlet. ("TCS is supported by a small group of sponsors: the American Beverage Association, ExxonMobil, Freddie Mac, General Motors Corporation, Gilead Sciences, McDonalds, Merck and PhRMA.")
Somebody's paying for adolescent, faux-amateur, "viral" smears. Wonder who?
Video below the fold:
