Sometimes reporters have a hard time finding people willing to talk. Laura Paskus calls it a dance: Behind the curtain of almost every news story is a secret dance. In the process of understanding an issue, reporters must find people willing to … [Read more...]
Ethics complaint filed against Associated Press reporter Kevin Begos
Bob Donnan shared in a comment that he has filed an ethics complaint against Associate Press reporter Kevin Begos. I knew this complaint was coming and I know what the complaint is about but those details are for Donnan to share if he chooses. I will … [Read more...]
AP’s Begos does hack job on fracking insurgents
So sorry for my absence and tardiness on responding to yet another Kevin Begos article that favors industry. This one is a doozie. There are some people you just don't attack. Robert Donnan is one of those people. Bob has been and still is a vocal … [Read more...]
Fracking bias – Pennsylvania DEP edition
Monday my fellow Earthworker Alan Septoff blogged on the biased mainstream fracking debate, featuring the Associated Press and Kevin Begos. Today, he's got more, thanks to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection: As an article … [Read more...]
Mainstream media’s fracking bias is showing in health impact reporting
The mainstream media let its bias hang out yesterday in the Associate Press' story by Kevin Begos about health impacts associated with fracking and natural gas development. Please click over to EarthBlog to read about it. The Associated Press … [Read more...]
IT’S THE METHANE, STUPID!
UPDATE: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports that methane (CH4) is far more potent a greenhouse gas than we had previously realized. The IPCC reports that, over a 20-year time frame, methane has a global warming potential of … [Read more...]
BREAKING NEWS: Industry cannot control hydraulic fractures!!!
A new "study" of a single, carefully controlled fracking site was released today. It shows that fracking chemicals from that one single, carefully controlled frack site did not contamination any groundwater. Yet. Oh! Oops! A closer read reveals that … [Read more...]
The real story about methane and the EPA estimates
I might have mentioned the recent news that the EPA reduced their estimates of methane emissions but now I have even more and better information. This is the information that needs to be reported. First, the bottom line: Methane levels are way too … [Read more...]
AP’s Kevin Begos strikes-out again with his fracking emissions reporting
The Associated Press headline reads "EPA METHANE REPORT FURTHER DIVIDES FRACKING CAMPS." Kevin Begos (I might have mentioned him previously) leads with a false statement about environmentalists being divided by the news on emissions. Then, as he … [Read more...]
Fracking industry loved Robert Redford before they hated him
Just as fracking has their version of Joe Camel, Energy In Depth, fracking also has their Judith Miller, Associated Press' Kevin Begos, as I mentioned yesterday. The "articles" written by fracking's Judith Miller seem to follow the same basic … [Read more...]
Kevin Begos is to fracking as Judith Miller is to the Iraq War
I've been holding back on this for a long time now but it must be said: Kevin Begos is fracking's Judith Miller. I don't care how many awards Judy Miller has, she is a miserable failure who has irreparably harmed her country with bad journalism … [Read more...]