Media slides past the real issue behind the oil crisis

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MRC NEWS REPORT FOR MAY 2, 2006
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From the Desk of:
Douglas Mills

5/3/06

As difficult as it may seem, the media is getting the story
wrong in the current gas crisis. Just last Tuesday, media
outlets nationwide targeted ExxonMobil as a villain in
the current gas crisis–waving their collective fingers
at the conglomerate for raking in record profits for
shareholders.

However, what the media failed to report is that our
government is actually raking in far more profit from
a $3 gallon of gas than Exxon–and they aren’t assuming
any risk!

For the eye-popping, Cyberalerts report:

http://www.mrc.org/cyberalerts/2006/cyb20060428.asp#2

"World News Tonight" opened their April 26 broadcast
with anchor Elizabeth Vargas noting that "overflowing
profits for the oil industry as Americans struggle to
pay rising prices at the pump." While certainly true,
the networks largely gave a pass to socialist oil barons
like Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez and the fact that he is
using his profits to undermine the U.S. war effort.

Feeling it more appropriate to go after the quick emotional
appeal of bashing big oil and its negative impact on our
economy, they missed an opportunity to expose at least
one oil giant whose negative impact on our nation is
far more compelling!

For the complete Free Market Project story:

http://www.freemarketproject.org/news/2006/news20060427.asp

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MRC News Report
05/03/06
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***MRC.org

Focus on Exxon Profits, Skip How Government Gets
More in Taxes:

http://www.mrc.org/cyberalerts/2006/cyb20060428.asp#1

Morning Shows Ignore How Big Government Takes
More than Big Oil:

http://www.mrc.org/cyberalerts/2006/cyb20060428.asp#2

Limbaugh Got Off Easy, Paint Him Intolerant of
"Drug Addiction":

http://www.mrc.org/cyberalerts/2006/cyb20060501.asp#1

ABC Leads with "Arrest," Olbermann Delights in
"Cuffed" Rush:

http://www.mrc.org/cyberalerts/2006/cyb20060501.asp#2

Walters Makes It Official: O’Donnell New Co-Host of
ABC’s View:

http://www.mrc.org/cyberalerts/2006/cyb20060501.asp#3

New Ramesh Ponnuru Book Features Chapter on
Pro-Abortion Bias:

http://www.mrc.org/cyberalerts/2006/cyb20060501.asp#4

***FreeMarketProject.org

Bashing ‘Big Oil,’ CBS Still Downplays Hugo Chavez’s
Use of Oil Profits:

http://www.freemarketproject.org/news/2006/news20060427.asp

Should We Worry About China-U.S. Trade?:

http://www.mrcaction.org/r.asp?u=750

Media Attack Executive Pay, Hide Effort to Seal
Their Own Compensation Records:

http://www.freemarketproject.org/news/2006/news20060426.asp

Has the Fat Lady Sung?:

http://www.freemarketproject.org/news/2006/news20060428.asp

***Brent Bozell’s Syndicated Columns

The Political Pulitzers:

http://www.mrc.org/BozellColumns/newscolumn/2006/col20060426.asp

The Two-Faced Networks:

http://www.mrcaction.org/r.asp?u=742

***NewsBusters.org

Bruce Springsteen Rips Bush’s Katrina Response
at New Orleans Jazzfest:

http://newsbusters.org/node/5157

On Stewart, Colbert: It Takes A Village To Make A Joke:

http://newsbusters.org/node/5156

AP Claims Colin Powell "Sideswiped" Rice —
With An Old, Mild "Not Sure":

http://newsbusters.org/node/5155

WH May Remove Media Cameras to Discourage
‘Posturing’ Journalists:

http://newsbusters.org/node/5162

Media Image of Blog Readers Doesn’t Pan Out:

http://newsbusters.org/node/5161

***CNSNews.com

New Movie Called ‘Soft Core Eco-terrorism’ for Kids:

http://www.mrcaction.org/r.asp?u=743

May Day Immigration Protests Celebrate Communist Uprising:

http://www.mrcaction.org/r.asp?u=744

Extremism Fears Prompt Proposal for Citizenship Test:

http://www.mrcaction.org/r.asp?u=745

Islamic Group Questions Darfur Rally’s ‘True Agenda’:

http://www.mrcaction.org/r.asp?u=746

Security Council Credibility at Stake as Iran ‘Plays Games’:

http://www.mrcaction.org/r.asp?u=747

‘Homefront’ Initiative to Benefit Military Families Expands:

http://www.mrcaction.org/r.asp?u=748

Dating Abuse Class Urges Reliance on Peers Over Parents:

http://www.mrcaction.org/r.asp?u=749

***TimesWatch

Punishing Elderly War Protesters Would Put
"Grandmotherhood on Trial":

http://www.timeswatch.org/articles/2006/20060428bCW.aspx

Liberal Movie Critic Bashes Anti-Castro Flick:

http://www.timeswatch.org/articles/2006/20060428aCW.aspx

Terrorism in Egypt, Not In Israel?:

http://www.timeswatch.org/articles/2006/20060427b.aspx

Soggy Profile of Anti-War Grannies Asks:
Who’d Rule Against "Santa?":

http://www.timeswatch.org/articles/2006/20060427a.aspx

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