Broadcast Networks 'Hail' Obama Auto Fuel Efficiency Standards - Business Media Institute(global warming news)

After 120 days of the new presidency, the automobile industry provides some of the best evidence of an administration that favors the heavy hand of government meddling in the private sector. Across the board, the announcement the federal government would be dictating what automobiles would be manufactured in the United States received lots of fanfare and very little criticism on the three evening network broadcasts. During the May 18 evening newscasts and the May 19 morning show coverage, the networks featured the comments of pro-CAFE standard experts by a margin of 6-to-1 over skeptics. The "NBC Nightly News" CAFE standards segment on May 18 featured two environmentalist activists – Ann Mesnikoff of the Sierra Club and Fred Krupp of the Environmental Defense Fund. The lone voice in the wilderness was the Cato Institute's Patrick Michaels , who countered a "World News" interview with Dan Becker, director of the environmental group Safe Climate Campaign.

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