Ethical Oil: The Puppet Rap

Brendan DeMelle DeSmog
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It’s time for Friday funnies, and the top hit today is Ethical Oil: the Puppet Rap, which first popped up over at The Tyee.

It’s a foul-mouthed, satirical music video remix of Kathryn Marshall’s ridiculous PR gymnastics to avoid answering a basic question from CBC‘s Evan Solomonย whether Enbridge funds the Ethical Oil Institute. The second half features โ€œEasy-Eโ€ Ezra Levant, the founder of the Ethical Oil Institute and creator of the ‘ethical oil’ talkingย point.

Check it out:

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Brendan DeMelle DeSmog
Brendan is Executive Director of DeSmog. He is also a writer focused on disinformation and corporate accountability.

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