George Will’s column reads like a farce. He parrots arguments advanced by the industry-paid skeptics at least 10 years ago โ most of which have long since been abandoned by the skeptics themselves. A fuller, more thoughtful rebuttal, published on the โMedia Mattersโ website, follows Will’s columnย below.
George F. Will, April 2. 2006 Washington Post Writersย Group
First Nations are furious, environmentalists feel betrayed, oil companies are demanding more, and the clock is ticking.
The Mailโs events business in the Middle East provides a quarter of its revenue. A previous Telegraph bid was rejected over petrostate influence fears.
โIโve never seen anything like this,โ longtime denier Marc Morano said recently of Democrats, billionaires, activists and reporters going โsilentโ on the issue.
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