One Trick Media
June 15th, 2008 at 12:00 pm by CrankySay, didja know that gas is over $4/gallon? Or maybe that there is a movement afoot to increase domestic supplies and work towards that “energy independence” slogan you hear every four years or so?
You’d never know this from this AP puff piece that pits cute and cuddly versus corporate, Republican and evil.
Let’s play the media cliche counter game, shall we? I’ve included helpful hints because you may not recognize every played-out rhetorical tactic used since the media killed nuclear power.









