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Posted by Brian Merchant at 2:14 pm
October 4, 2010
Anti-Climate TV Ads Hit California, Loaded with LiesPosted by Brian Merchant on @ 2:14 pm
This post first appeared on Treehugger.With the elections drawing closer, the oil company-funded Prop 23 campaign has kicked into full gear. The Texas oil companies Valero and Tesoro, along with Koch Industries, a coal and oil conglomerate, have donated millions of dollars to finance TV ads and other campaigns in an attempt to overturn California’s groundbreaking climate and clean energy law, which was passed in 2006. That TV ad has recently been put into heavy rotation in major California markets — and, staying true to form for such political ads, it’s chock full o’ lies.
Here’s the spot:
http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/10/04/anti-climate-tv-ads-hits-california-loaded-with-lies/First of all, the tagline: California Jobs Initiative? I guess it’s no longer a requisite for political ads to convey even a shred of truth in naming their political prerogative: The only thing that Prop 23 does is cancel out AB 32, California’s climate law of 2006, which Republican governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law. That’s it. There is no evidence that Prop 23 will create a single job. The goal is to protect the bottom line of oil companies, and other emissions-intensive industries. Period — the initiative was actually put on the ballot by the oil companies, not concerned citizens. ..........(more)
The complete piece is at:
http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/10/04/anti-climate-tv-ads-hits-california-loaded-with-lies/