Issue #281 (A quick survey of the Green section on Huffington Post finds no items on sheep farts or Hannah Montana, though one does spy an item on PETA's sexiest vegetarians.) Thankfully you and me, the taxpayers of this country, are no longer paying Morano $134,000 to spew his "lies, mistruths, and half-truths," as your correspondent recently called Morano's organized campaign of disinformation. Who is paying the bill for all of this (including an ever bigger salary)? Why, "The Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow." The New York Times notes that, like most other elements of the vast climate denial apparatus, CFACT has received funding from ExxonMobil and Richard Mellon Scaife, the living embodiment and progenitor of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy. Morano himself is of course no stranger to vast right-wing conspiracies, having been the first "reporter" to give credence the charges against John Kerry made by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. The new site promises to be "eco-news on steroids." And what are some of the symptoms of steroids? "Researchers report that users may suffer from paranoid jealousy, extreme irritability, delusions, and impaired judgment stemming from feelings of invincibility." Sounds about right. |