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Networks Fail to Cover TransCanada Filing Lawsuits Against Obama for Rejecting Keystone

By Curtis Houck | January 7, 2016, 12:40 AM EST

administration for having rejected the Keystone XL pipeline. Citing the North American Free Trade Agreement ... the Keystone XL Pipeline is challenging President Obama's rejection of that project. TransCanada ... over Keystone] BRET BAIER:  The company behind the Keystone XL Pipeline is challenging President ...

Powerless: Left and Media Vilify 90 Percent of Energy Supply

By Julia A. Seymour | December 4, 2015, 10:55 AM EST

of them say as they wage campaigns against coal, protest the Keystone XL pipeline, call for fracking ...

Even MSNBC Hosts Not Impressed With Their Own ‘Breaking News’ on Keystone Pipeline

By Kyle Drennen | November 6, 2015, 2:52 PM EST

In a humorous exchange during MSNBC’s 12 p.m. ET hour coverage of President Obama rejecting the Keystone Pipeline, Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd and breaking news anchor Brian Williams mocked the ... other than I suspect Bernie Sanders is gonna say, “I was there before anybody else was on Keystone,” and ...

NPR: Hillary Timed Keystone Announcement to Pope's Visit

By Tom Blumer | September 23, 2015, 11:07 PM EDT

sudden decision to publicly announce her opposition to the Keystone XL Pipeline project indicated that ... has come out against the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline. It's something she has spent ... Francis' landing at Andrews Air Force Base. "I think it is imperative that we look at the Keystone XL ...

Networks Skimp on Breaking Hillary Clinton E-Mail Scandal News; CBS Punts on Pipeline Opposition

By Curtis Houck | September 22, 2015, 11:53 PM EDT

also neglected to tell their viewers that Clinton finally came out against the Keystone XL oil pipeline ... Clinton and three of her predecessors to provide their e-mails.” As for Keystone, the CBS Evening News ... Government & Press Keystone pipeline State Department Keystone XL pipeline David Muir Lester Holt Chuck ...

Maddow Won't Ask if Pipelines Safer Than Rail for Transporting Oil

By Jack Coleman | April 20, 2015, 10:15 AM EDT

and second, acknowledging this might lead to awkward conversations about the proposed Keystone XL ... Dakota, the Upper Midwest and Canada. If eventually built, Keystone would transport 830,000 barrels daily. ...

Covering Obama's Keystone Veto, Networks Fail to Mention Americans Approve Pipeline Project

By Curtis Houck | April 29, 2015, 3:41 PM EDT

Obama's veto of the bill passed by Congress approving construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, ABC, ... Keystone pipeline bill.” Over on the CBS Evening News, anchor Scott Pelley described it as “the biggest ... recent polls asking Americans whether they support the construction of Keystone, a litany of polling data ...

ABC and CBS Ignore Keystone Pipeline Passing Congress; NBC Only Gives News 11 Seconds

By Curtis Houck | February 13, 2015, 3:24 PM EST

of a bill to approve the construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline that would stretch from the ... covered on its broadcast and while it was the first network evening news mention of Keystone since all ... note from Washington late today, the House passed a bill that approves construction of the Keystone ...

Networks Continue to Show No Interest in Covering Senate’s Passage of Keystone Pipeline

By Curtis Houck | January 30, 2015, 1:49 PM EST

the U.S. Senate’s passage of the Keystone XL oil pipeline with zero mentions on their morning ... MSNBC’s Morning Joe covered the bill’s passage. A 21-second news brief on Keystone ran in the program’s ... the Keystone oil pipeline. Nine Democrats joined Republicans to pass the measure. Republican House ...

Top Newspapers Bury Strong 62-36 Senate Vote for Keystone Pipeline

By Tim Graham | January 30, 2015, 11:58 AM EST

The nation’s leading newspapers buried the Senate’s strong 62-36 vote for the Keystone XL pipeline ... Reporter Paul Singer began: "The Senate voted Thursday to build the controversial Keystone XL ... Keystone pipeline, setting the stage for a veto showdown with President Obama.” Like USA Today, the Post ...

English and Spanish-Language Networks Combine to Ignore Senate Voting to Approve Keystone Pipeline

By Curtis Houck | January 29, 2015, 10:00 PM EST

The U.S. Senate took the step Thursday of approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline in a bipartisan ... found. Not a single second of coverage on Keystone appeared on English language networks ABC, CBS, and ... Republican-controlled Senate has approved a bipartisan bill to authorize construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. The ...

Lefty Blogger: ‘Bizarre’ GOP Position on Climate Change Should Be ‘Completely Disqualifying’ For Political Office

By Tom Johnson | January 24, 2015, 2:53 PM EST

reconsideration. During a series of votes on the Keystone Pipeline, Senate Democrats proposed an amendment ...

Pleasing the Greens: WashPost Profiles Sen. Inhofe, Prominent 'Climate-Change Denier'

By Tim Graham | January 9, 2015, 2:28 PM EST

list of campaign donors in the past election cycle; there’s still the Keystone XL pipeline to figure ...

Ed Schultz Cheers Obama's Veto Threat, Forgets His Own Support for Keystone

By Scott Whitlock | January 6, 2015, 6:13 PM EST

Keystone XL pipeline. However, the cable host failed to mention his own previous support for construction. ... news. President Obama will veto the Keystone XL pipeline. If you voted for this president and you care ... Schultz promoted his own coverage of Keystone, hyping, "We have followed this project nearly every ...

$4.5 Million Up In Smoke: How Billionaire Tom Steyer’s Anti-Koch Ads Flopped

By Mike Ciandella | December 24, 2014, 12:15 PM EST

aptly dubbed “ bizarre.” The Post criticized a NextGen ad targeting the Keystone Pipeline, giving it ... explanation of the Pinocchio rating system is here.) The ad claimed the Keystone Pipeline, rather than ...