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Monday, August 10, 2015

Media covering up EPA's responsibility for Colorado river pollution

From Thomas Lifson at The American Thinker Blog:
The Animas River in Colorado has been despoiled with million of gallons of toxic mine waste, turning the stream bright orange. Is this the result of a heartless capitalist? Hardly. Our purportedly all-caring, wise, and reliable Environmental Protection Agency is at fault. But looking at the headlines, you’d have a hard time figuring that out.
Remember, the Drive-By Media is nothing other than Democratic Operatives with Bylines.

Consider one of the latest headlines, from the local Durango Herald, reporting that the disaster is 300% worse than the EPA first reported: 3 million, not 1 million, gallons of contaminated water rushed from mine, EPA says.
3 million, not 1 million, gallons of contaminated water rushed from mine, EPA says
Readers have to go 17 paragraphs into the story before learning where responsibility for the heavy metal release lies:
The Gold King Mine mishap started at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday when a crew working for the EPA accidentally triggered the drainage while investigating contamination at the mine, causing millions of gallons of sludge to surge into Cement Creek and into the Animas River, where the plume traveled downstream, making its way to Durango on Thursday evening.
My only question, how would the EPA and Drive-By Media react if the spill was caused by a company owned by the Koch Brother?

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