Catapulting the Propaganda on CNN - “Why Gas in the U.S. Is So Cheap”

Published: May 3, 2008, 1:47 pm

Tags: energy issues, lies and the lying liars, media, bosnia herzegovina, cheap energy, cheap gasoline, cnn, gas prices, united states

CNN/Money has been looping a story since yesterday evening on how LUCKY consumers in the U.S. are to have cheap energy and gasoline prices. The report cites a “study” by Associates for International Research, Inc. (AIRINC), which supposedly found that the U.S. only has the 111th most expensive gasoline in the world. But, what’s more important is what the CNN/Money article doesn’t disclose - about AIRINC, the study itself, or who commissioned the study. Let’s take a look at a few selections from AIRINC’s client list, and perhaps you can draw your own conclusions: Chevron Corporation ConocoPhillips Ford Motor Company General Electric Kerr-McGee Kuwait Petroleum International Marathon Oil Occidental Petroleum Royal Dutch Shell Saudi Aramco This is like Fox News touting an American Enterprise Institute Study written by Fred Kagan saying that the war in Iraq is a good thing. As a sort-of-disclaimer on the AIRINC study, the CNN article does

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