Fox News Fracking Fumble on Halliburton Loophole?

140+ Fox News Bias videos at http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=A3BD2524FE99BD4D

When Fox News' senior national correspondent John Roberts, formerly of CNN, reported on hydraulic fracturing, sometimes called "fracking," during Fox News' supposedly straightest of straight news programs, "Special Report with Bret Baier" I was surprised at the coverage of the complaints of fracking victims but still found bias in the pro-business framing of the issue, the less than graphic explanation of fracking and its effects, and especially the failure to reveal the real the source of the "Halliburton loophole" exempting fracking from the Clean water Act, as I show in this video.

The clips I use of Bret Baier and John Roberts come from a segment on the April 20, 2011, Fox News broadcast of "Special Report with Bret Baier" which I have not found available online but which is similar to the video and text at http://fxn.ws/evopl7

The clips I use of the 2010 documentary Gasland come from the Gasland Trailer available on YouTube at http://youtu.be/dZe1AeH0Qz8

The image I use of the November 2009 NY Times editorila titled "The Halliburton Loophole" comes from the webpage at http://nyti.ms/evqmR8

The image I use of my own Fox News bias playlist comes from the YouTube playlist page at http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=A3BD2524FE99BD4D

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[Quintus468]

Fracking needs to end. If we have to go back to candles and woodstoves, I'm okay with that as long as we have water.

[fuelban]

I have a question, is fracking oil today, a play for MONOPOLY control of water tomorrow, think about it before answering.

Thom in Scotland.

[rhodium1233]

@tjsaleno where in the entire video did he say Fox News was wrong? He's saying that their bias. He presented facts and examples of them being bias and even gave credit to Fox for showing the "victims of fracking" side of the story. Of course in the spirit of making your argument I guess it's just easier to put words in other peoples mouths then counter argue it.

[kimfeilgood]

Shale rock contains uranium... see Gudrun's comment on the New York Times story called "How to Extract Gas Responsibly".

[JonThm]

Fracking does fossilised life into natural gas

[icwutudidtharlulz]

@JustinC721 i never said that wasn't a serious problem. jesus. i'm just saying that the 'pro-business slant' as outlined by this guy is.... well.. minuscule to say the most. he's scraping the bottom of the barrel for reasons to bitch at fox news..... my god calm down kid.

[tjsale]

Fox News is wrong "because I watched Gasland"?? Nothing Fox said was wrong; in fact they spent more time detailing the environmental consequences than they did the energy pros.

[JustinC721]

@icwutudidtharlulz

People can light their drinking water on fire, and you think they're scraping the bottom of the barrel.

You're a fucking moron.... Nuff said.

[CarrieGraham1967]

I agree fracking must end, but the far more brutal truth is that our hyper-consumerist society must end, for it's that aspect of our society that necessitates the production.

The shareholders who own these energy companies (ie - you, me, anyone who owns stock) are protected by limited liability laws, but crack the whip on company executives to consistently increase profit. Those company executives hire lobbyists to drop regulations that cost money.

WE ALL did/do this. We're all guilty.

[abc1236092]

@Coramelimane Anything is better than fracking. and they already have it going on in certain areas. I hope they like toxic radioactive combustible tap water. if they allow this in NY I'm moving out!

[Coramelimane]

@abc1236092 Geothermal would also work, as would Hydroelectric.