Slow Learners [1]
Submitted by Bob Burton [2] on
Like many others [3], New York Times journalist Larry Rohter describes former Greenpeace [4] activist-turned-industry consultant Patrick Moore [5] as "the co-chairman of the Clean and Safe Energy Coalition [6], a pro-nuclear group." (Two weeks earlier, Rohter co-authored a blog post [7] that used an identical description of Moore.) What Rohter doesn't mention is that the coalition is a front group [8] funded by the Nuclear Energy Institute [9] (NEI). After referring to Moore, Rohter notes that NEI is broadly supportive of plans such as Republican Presidential candidate John McCain [10]'s commitment to build 45 new nuclear power stations. An announcement [11] for an upcoming CNBC special on nuclear power makes a similar mistake. The announcement describes Moore as an "environmentalist" who "supports America's nuclear revival and tells CNBC why he's made this stunning about face." Maybe because that's what he's paid to do?