Today’s pop quiz – other than ratings, what motivation would “conservative” Fox News have for exaggerating the environmental damage from the BP well blowout?
Hint: Fox News is part of News Corp
Hint #2: Fox News did the same thing with hyping non-existent WMDs that built public support to invade Iraq
Could hint #3 be: Fox News blew the Flu ‘pandemic’ out far beyond any evidence, and continued to do so in the absence of mass graves ?
So we’re preparing to invade Louisiana?
Just kidding ….. although Obama has probably considered it as a way to shut Jindal(sp) up.
Just kidding again …
I like Dennis Miller’s take on this spill:
“When I see this pipe spewing oil, the first thing I think is Yeah – we can fix Global Warming when we can’t even cap this pipe.”
It is a horrible accident, but once again I think it points out that Govt. can’t fix ANYTHING.
So, maybe FOX is just trying to drive that message home?
Only time will tell if they are exaggerating…I’m not sure they are. They are definitely “pushing” the story because it’s showing how ill equipped the WH is in responding to a disaster…making the Bush Katrina fiasco look tame. They are building public support for the anti-incumbent fever.