Peril of paying less. Upping fuel standards dangerous?

[xcel]

Hybrid Hazard, more dangerous than regular cars …

Keith Olbermann - MSNBC Countdown - June 11, 2008

Fox’s Steve Doocy – Nominated as the “Worst” of the day.

Can a “so called” expert be any more ignorant? -- Ed.

Time for our number 2 story, Countdown’s worst person in the world of bronze …

To Steve Doocy of 6 News. A segment whose message was, “You’ll keep paying $4.00 for a gallon for gas and you’ll like it!”

A discussion of the suppose dangers of hybrids as opposed to all gas cars, Mr. Doocy said, “Some say you definitely should not get a hybrid car because they are not safe.”

The accompanying graphic read “Hybrid hazard, more dangerous than regular cars?”

The argument was that hybrids are more dangerous in accidents. Even the guest from Richard Mellanscave’s Competitive Enterprise Institute admitted that an engine, gas or hybrid, cannot make a car safer or more dangerous. Doocy and Fox continued to insist the hybrids were more dangerous because stricter fuel standards would lead to smaller cars even though it’s actually the bigger SUV’s that are more dangerous in crashes because of the rollover factor.

Nevertheless, the next graphic read, “Peril of paying less, upping fuel standards dangerous?” … [Read More]

Thanks for the find Bullwinkle!

[pumaman]

Wow. What a freeking moron IMHO.

[pumaman]

His next story will probably be, "Windmills, they'll cut your head off!!!"

[Chuck]

Dumb and dumber. {sigh}

[mparrish]

You folks reading this thread are not the intended audience. You are on the sideline.

100 years ago, before the post WWII "establishment" press, media was primarily confined to newspapers of different political stripes. Many were inflammatory, radical, misleading, and not too informative. We are returning to that era.

Regardless of what one thinks of the press after WWII (networks & papers), they were far more centrist & status quo than the press that preceded them..............with a bias towards preserving a left-of-center economics and right-of-center social policy with only gradual change.

The rise of talk radio, cable news, and the internet are a reversion back to the 1900s. The only difference is that leftists didn't read right wing papers back then (and vice versa). But with tv, we are all exposed to it.

So you shouldn't characterize this as ignorance. This is simply right wing media talking to right wing media consumers and giving them their daily supply of "liberals........not only wrong but also hypocritical & creating more problems than solving" diet.

You just happen to be overhearing it.

You've got to stop thinking about these groups as "news" organizations. They are money making pep rallies. The "news" is a label to increase their legitimacy & authority to make more money and have better pep rallies.

[Lord Biron]

MSNBC

Microsoft Network + National Broadcasting Company

NBC is owned by General Electric.

General Electric is one of hte largest Coal Energy companies in the World. Their very existance depends on the energy industry, which runs heaveily on fossil fuels.

I won't expect anything else form the corporate owned and very corporate friendly media. Simply why I don't watch the idiotic pundents.

Just another example.

[Himmitch]

I can't stand Keith Olbermann, at all...

[laurieaw]

to me it looks like olbermann is calling them out for their stupidity? or am i reading it wrong?

[Himmitch]

Originally Posted by laurieaw

to me it looks like olbermann is calling them out for their stupidity? or am i reading it wrong?

My comment is not about the Olbermann not the segment.

[pumaman]

Originally Posted by Lord Biron

MSNBC

Microsoft Network + National Broadcasting Company

NBC is owned by General Electric.

General Electric is one of hte largest Coal Energy companies in the World. Their very existance depends on the energy industry, which runs heaveily on fossil fuels.

I won't expect anything else form the corporate owned and very corporate friendly media. Simply why I don't watch the idiotic pundents.

Just another example.

The story about the dangerous Hybrids was on a FOX affiliate. The MSNBC report was criticizing the FOX report/reporter.

to me it looks like olbermann is calling them out for their stupidity? or am i reading it wrong?

No, you are correct.

I can't stand Keith Olbermann, at all...

Always liked him, myself. But then he reports with a bias towards my leftist views....