The U.S. press corps has been quite exercised of late over a few right-wing activists allegedly taunting and spitting on members of Congress. Under pressure from a blizzard of coverage, defensive conservative leaders have been quick to distance themselves from the acts. But when a major government scientist applauds eco-vandalism by left-wing activists, our media watchdogs curiously stop barking.<\/P>
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The scientific figure, of course, is NASA\u2019s James Hansen, one of the world\u2019s most celebrated global-warm-mongering scientists and a close adviser to Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore. Peace icon Gore\u2019s reaction to Hansen\u2019s support of Greenpeace defacing an English coal plant causing $50,000 in property damage? Silence.<\/P>
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His media allies were silent, as well.<\/P>
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Hansen\u2019s extraordinary 2008 testimony \u2014 and an English court\u2019s subsequent not guilty verdict \u2014 provoked zero coverage in America\u2019s major media. Only one story, written months after the fact, even mentions the event \u2014 a morally torn New York Times Magazine article wondering \u201cwhat acts might the law permit in the name of fighting a threat of global, even catastrophic, proportions?\u201d<\/P>
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Property damage like bricks thrown through a congressman\u2019s window is only news when it furthers the media\u2019s favored agenda.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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