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Hannity continued to bash carbon offsets -- no mention of Murdoch's purported plans to use them

On the July 9 edition of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes, during a discussion of the recent Live Earth concert series -- a 24-hour, 7-continent concert series to raise awareness for issues related to global warming -- co-host Sean Hannity criticized the concept of purchasing carbon credits to offset one's "carbon footprint" as a "joke" and a "fraud." Guest Chris Horner, senior fellow for the energy industry-funded Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), joined Hannity in bashing carbon offsets, likening the system to a priest who buys "adultery offsets." This is only the latest example of Hannity attacking carbon offsets and, in particular, former Vice President Al Gore's reported use of them. However, Hannity has yet to address News Corp. chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch's pledge to take steps -- including the use of carbon offsets -- "to be carbon neutral, across all our businesses" -- which includes Fox News -- "by 2010."
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Posted by wzwriter

I wonder how much time good Catholic Hannity spends in confession each Saturday for the lies he tells during 15 hours of radio and 6 hours of TV Sunday through Friday....

Posted by wolf kotenberg in reply to wzwriter

Hannity ain't no catholic. If you have to reminbd people you are catholic because they can't figure that out from your actions, you ain't no catholic.. remember he didn't make thru priest school.

Posted by djasper2761 in reply to wolf kotenberg

too many little boys around creating temptation. There are no words to describe how idiotic his rant was last nite (or any nite for that matter), classic hantywaste form. He is a smudge on the atheletic supporter of life.

Posted by Genghiz in reply to wzwriter

I wonder how many carbon credits Al Gore III bought for his recent drug-crazed, 100 mph drive.

Posted by friedbergboy1422 in reply to Genghiz

Geng,

But if he finds God and becomes born-again, it doesn't matter, right?

Posted by wzwriter in reply to Genghiz

You don't need carbon credits when you drive a Prius hybrid.  But I'm still trying to figure out how he got a Prius to doo 100 MPH.....

Posted by DTRAIN in reply to wzwriter

100 mph in a Toyota Prius is certainly possible...

Posted by DTRAIN in reply to Genghiz

Geng,

Al Gore III was driving a PRIUS. Do you know what that is by any chance? WHY No OF COURSE not...

let me educate you... ITS A F*CKIN HYBRID

idiot....

 

Posted by bkboase3653

Hannity has no balls....but, we knew that already.

Posted by HuntingtonBeachLefty in reply to bkboase3653

POLICE REPORT - TENNESSEE STATE Troopers arrested an unidentified male outside the home of Al Gore early this morning.

Residents and employees first noticed a high- pitched whining noise coming from the shrubbery on the side yard. On further investigation, Officers discovered an obviously mentally disabled  middle-aged man with a large head, a clipboard, a navy blazer and no pants fixated on the electrical meter.

The transients identity has not been released pending notification of the GOP.

The

Posted by neondesert in reply to HuntingtonBeachLefty

"Fixated"?  Is that the polite wording for it?

Mystery solved.  However, need some technical help here from a qualified individual to wrap things up:  How much current would it take to remove the testicles of someone, say, of Shyawn's approximate height and weight while "fixated" on an electrical meter?

Posted by wolf kotenberg in reply to neondesert

6000 kjoules ought to do it

Posted by djasper2761 in reply to wolf kotenberg

too easy. I vote for vivisection. hantywaste is a charlatan. he is a skidmark on the boxers of life. I am convinced he is a closeted coprolagniac. he is also a sadistic pervert and I would love to kick the living sh.. out of him

Posted by shoes89 in reply to djasper2761

Can someone here explain to me why the actions of Rupert Murdoch, who just so happens to run a business and openly supported Al Gore in his 2000 campaign, should have any bearing on Sean Hannity's opinions? Why should the fact that Murdoch supports carbon offsets affect what Hannity thinks?

Weird thinking by MM ...

Posted by dave_chicago in reply to shoes89

---"Can someone here explain to me why the actions of Rupert Murdoch, who just so happens to run a business and openly supported Al Gore in his 2000 campaign, should have any bearing on Sean Hannity's opinions? Why should the fact that Murdoch supports carbon offsets affect what Hannity thinks?

Weird thinking by MM ..."---

Straw man. Media Matters doesn't say that Murdoch's actions should have a bearing on Hannity's opinion. They are asking the obvious question of WHY Hannity hasn't mentioned that his boss supports Gore's position.

Posted by shoes89 in reply to dave_chicago

There are LOTS of people who support Gore's position.

Why should Murdoch, of all people, be singled out?

Posted by DTRAIN in reply to shoes89

Gee let me think...Double Standards on the part of Hannity perhaps and Hypocrisy on the part of Murdoch.... that about sums it up....

Posted by open_mind in reply to shoes89

MMFA isn't criticizing Murdoch here either.  They are criticizing Hannity.  What is there not to get at this point?

Posted by djasper2761 in reply to HuntingtonBeachLefty

no pants? Every body could see what disgusts his wife and boy friend. You know who I mean. The guy with the big goofy hat and white beard and round belly full of grease, sugar and bleached white flour along with 45LBS. of mucoidal plaques and undigested non-food food and sings hill billy songs at hantywastes hate America concerts. Hantywaste hates the troops. He wants them in Iraq and Iran so they can get shot. I say use a "Fat Man" or "little Boy"

Posted by neondesert

ATTENTION:

$WE BUY ADULTERY OFFSETS$

Do you have several adultery offsets that because of age, erectile dysfunction, or divorce you're not likely to use?  Well turn those offsets into

CASH!!! $ CASH!!! $ CASH!!!

Face it - mistresses are expensive.  And so are wives.  You're not getting any without money anyway, so why not spend your life enjoying the finer things?  The finer things that take BIG MONEY!  We have several representatives in your neighborhood who are looking to give you money for your unused adultery offsets!  And they're paying TOP DOLLAR!!!

Don't delay.  CALL U$ NOW!!!

(403) 555-CASH

*actual monetary compensation based on current market values as set by the catholic church.  All sales final.  Sins committed prior to sale will not be forgiven.

*offer not valid in Utah.

Posted by juliajayne in reply to neondesert

Neondesert, you are on fire today.  

Posted by neondesert in reply to juliajayne

The doctor says that will eventually go away with penicillin.  But now that you mention it, maybe I should rethink the whole adultery offsets plan now...

Posted by djasper2761 in reply to neondesert

The catholic church is running a special this week. $10 will get you a little boy for an hour. $20 and you can have him all week. The pope mobile needs to get "pimped". Rush you cash today while it is still on my mind

Of Course Murdoch is in on it, along with Goldman Sachs!!!!

It is a scam and Gore has legitimized it and legalized it.

 

LOL. Murdoch was evil for Media Matters until he came out for Hillary. Now MMFA kisses his behind.

Posted by fawltylogic in reply to leatherhelmet

MMFA judges people based on what they say and do, not based on who they "are".

Although the point here is that Hannity is too chicken to say that what his boss does is balony and a fraud. 

Posted by solon in reply to leatherhelmet

Good news, Murdoch is still evil and you are still an idiot

Posted by wzwriter in reply to solon

I suspect that until his dying day, Leatherhelmet will remain an idiot.

Posted by dave_chicago in reply to wzwriter

The village idiot. We almost feel sorry for him.

Posted by wzwriter in reply to dave_chicago

Maybe we could all chip in and get Leatherhelmet the frontal lobotomy he needs.  That way, he'd only have to worry about which side of his mouth to droll out of each morning.

Oh, wait - Leatherhelmet already makes that decision every day....

Posted by edrossinoelwein9669 in reply to solon

Solon;

    Why would you say that Murdoch is evil? Is it because he is a capitalist? Or because he is a conservative? Or because his news organizations report things disagreeable to your world-view?

    Doesn't Hannity demonstrate 'journalistic independence' by calling 'offsets' a "sham," when  the owner has bought into it? 

Posted by open_mind in reply to edrossinoelwein9669

"Why would you say that Murdoch is evil? Is it because he is a capitalist? Or because he is a conservative? Or because his news organizations report things disagreeable to your world-view?"--ed

Fox "News" has started reporting stuff?  When did this happen?  From what I have seen Fox doesn't "report", they opine.

Posted by juliajayne

My husband works for the Fox affiliate in Dallas (don't get on me - the station has been owned by 5 different companies and may be owned by someone else in the future). Rupert Murdoch has initiated several plans as easy as using reusable cups (instead of throwways) and offering as much as a $4,000.00 check for buying a Prius. So he does seem to be serious about doing "green" things. And I would say anybody who doesn't get on the green bandwagon is going to wish they were SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. The fact that I don't like Rupert Murdochs rapacious hold on media outlets doesn't cloud the fact that he is doing something tangible. And he probably sees it as an economic opportunity as well. That's smart since regardless of the deadenders, global warming is real and we do need to change behaviors.

I have done things like change all of my lightl bulbs and guess what, my energy bill is lower. I just had to purchase a new washer and went with an energy efficient front loader that uses a lot less water as well. 

My point is we need leadership on this issue and if it takes Rupert Murdoch or anybody else, I'm all for it. As for poor Sean, he is deadender and has no credibility on this or any other issue.

Posted by sundog in reply to juliajayne

It's fine that Murdoch is doing things within his empire to save the world.  But he could do infinitely more if he didn't do so much to get rapacious, ignorant Republicans elected all the time.  They have fought tooth and nail against reality, science and the environmental movement.  It's as though he shot a blue whale with a rocket propelled grenade and now you praise him for putting a band aid on the thing.  Sorry to be overly harsh but the guy has really been a blight on humanity for decades now. 

Posted by sundog in reply to sundog

Didn't notice that I'd borrowed your 'rapacious' there at first.  That was pretty funny.  Good word. 

Posted by sundog in reply to sundog

Again, sorry about the harsh.  Just one more example.  You point out the lameness of Hannity.  He's on the air, influencing millions of dunderheads because Murdoch puts him there.  If he wants to help the environment, he would end the pollution from the dozens of Hannities he has given so much influence to.  Reusable cups doesn't really negate the damage done by the Bush administration that he did so much to help create. 

Posted by edrossinoelwein9669 in reply to sundog

RPatriot;

    Reusable cups doesn't really negate the damage done by the Bush administration that he did so much to help create. 

      I guess that unless one agrees with you, they are evil?

Posted by sundog in reply to edrossinoelwein9669

Unless one agrees with me they are evil? That's a silly assertion. You're accusing me of being a sociopath because you don't agree with me? Tricky. One could perhaps make a case that starting a war on purpose for political reasons might one measure of what evil is. The pain screaming in the stump of every amputee and on the seared flesh of every burned child in Baghdad might be considered evil. These things are real my friend and they didn't need to happen. To many of us, the lead up to the war was an obvious lie. Murdoch with his Fox was one of the prime culprits in helping Bush sell his lie. Agreeing with me has nothing to do with it. But there might be evil in the world anyway.

Posted by robotchubby in reply to sundog

Maybe Ruport should start using some bullcrap offsets.

Posted by juliajayne in reply to sundog

I agree with you thoroughly. 

Posted by truthseeker77

Good articles today, but I was expecting MMFA to pick up Wolf Blitzer inaccurate "reality check" that led to Michael Moore debunking him and Dr. Gupta's lies during the CNN interview last night. 

That's the hottest, most talked about, misinformation topic on the net right now. 

Posted by sfcretired

NEW ELEMENT "Du" DISCOVERED 

A major research institution (probably funded by a government subsidy) has just announced the discovery of the densest element yet known to science. The new element has been named "Bushcronium". Bushcroniumhas one neutron, 12 assistant neutrons, 75 deputy neutrons, and 224 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 311.

 

These particles are held together by dark forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called peons. The symbol for Bushcronium is "Du", as the symbol "W" was already taken by Tungsten.

 

 Bushcronium' s mass actually increases over time, as morons randomly interact with various elements in the atmosphere and become assistant deputy neutrons in a Bushcronium molecule, forming isodopes.

 

This characteristic of moron-promotion leads some scientists to believe that Bushcronium is formed whenever morons reach a certain quantity in concentration. This hypothetical quantity is referred to as "Critical Morass".

 

 When catalyzed with money, Bushcronium activates Foxnewsium, an element that radiates orders of magnitude more energy, albeit as incoherent noise, since it has 1/2 as many peons but twice as many morons. The "nucular" reaction alluded to below where Du combines with Foxnewsium (Fx) when bombarded by a moron beam yields: Du + m (morons) + Fx = DumFx which is sometimes phonetically pronounced to describe the nature of the isodope produced.  

Although Faux Noise is the only “news” element mentioned in the formula, any other “news” element, i.e., CNN, ABC, CBS, WoPo, WSJ, etc., could be used just as well and get the same isodope.

 

I would like to say that I come up with this witty but overlooked scientific discovery.  However, it was sent to me and I know not from where it came.  I just want as many citizens as possible to think about it and ponder its message.

Posted by bruce1ace

Is Hannity obligated to tow the company line or something?  If Hannity thinks Carbnon Offsets are a joke, which they are, then he should say so.  Bringing Murdoch's opinion into it is irrelevant IMHO.  Should we check with Murdoch on everything else as well?

Posted by open_mind in reply to bruce1ace

I agree.  Hannity would never mention such a thing and it is silly to expect him to.

MMFA is just using this as an opportunity to gratuitously slap Hannity around a little bit.  I can't say I don't enjoy it though.

Posted by wesley

I ran across this blog about carbon offsetting:

 - TerraPass and others like it are FOR PROFIT ventures.  They invest the money that you give them to buy shares in "green energy" companies.   You give them money to invest and they keep the dividends!  Beautiful! -

A bunch of tree huggers fattening the wallets of corporate America...capitalism...what a great system. 

 

Posted by juliajayne in reply to wesley

Wesley, yeah, great system. Now let's get busy with corporate America and see what we can do to save the planet. We have these weenies running around screaming that going green will adversely affect the economy. It's not true and it's now registering. After every other avenue fails, we always turn to reason. (paraphrased quote from somebody).

Posted by wesley in reply to juliajayne

Save the planet? I'll leave that to the superheroes.

I'll just content myself with reducing pollution in  my little corner of the world...since I have no control or influence on the global climate. 

Posted by mefirst in reply to wesley

sure, you do.  you can vote for people who will reduce pollution on a large scale. 

Posted by open_mind in reply to wesley

That doesn't seem much like the attitude of an "enterpriser".

Posted by autopsychic

  How ironic that Murdoc will be paying Gore for those carbon credits. Republican paying off democrat! BTW, how many other 'carbon credit' companies are there besides the one that Gore is part owner of? Do any of you 'good liberals' know the answer to that one?

Posted by mefirst in reply to autopsychic

could you work clinton in there also?   you don't want to miss a meaningless talking point.

Posted by autopsychic in reply to mefirst

   Are you trolling? Or, would you like to answer the question...how many 'other' carbon credit companies are there? Perhaps you're embarrassed by the answer?

Posted by mefirst in reply to autopsychic

maybe you can  tell me what your actual point is.

Posted by autopsychic in reply to mefirst

   That's what I thought, you couldn't find any 'other' carbon credit companies, either. Someone once used a failed analogy comparing Bill Gates using Microsoft to Al Gore using his carbon credit comany. What that poster failed to mention is that there are no other carbon credit companies. He was afraid to answer that question, too. So don't feel so bad.

   My point is that gore is part owner of the only carbon credit company...and...he is falsely scaring others into using his company by using his false premise that using his company will save the world. He wants us to pay attention to his message, but fails to mention that he is the only provider of the service he sells. If that was a conservative doing that, I can gaurantee that mmfa would have it posted all over the headlines for the next week or two.

 

Posted by kbelx1029

hannity doesnt do his show to expose or support rupert. media matters once again nitpicks to expose their anti rupert aggenda and will dig and say anything to do so. this isnt news, its biased crap once again by a foolish site of misinformation thats factually proven in the easiest form.

Posted by Evil Conservative

So know when my boss does something I disagree with what am I supposed to do?  I saw my boss drinking one of those "Lose 20lbs in a weekend" drinks, which I think is a total ruse...

 

Stupid...stupid, stupid

Posted by dave_chicago in reply to Evil Conservative

---"So know when my boss does something I disagree with what am I supposed to do? "---

If your boss is Murdoch, it might behoove you to mention that he holds the same position as the librul Democrat you're using as a punching bag. If you're an honest, fair person with an iota of integrity, that is.

Posted by mary59

Comparing carbon offsets to adultery is so stupid.  In producing carbon dioxide, you are contributing to a global problem and not directly harming one individual.  From http://www.carbonfund.org/site/pages/why_offset/

Offsetting your carbon footprint allows you to become part of the solution to climate change by supporting the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions equal to your carbon emissions.

Carbon offsets can be more cost effective and practical than many other measures an individual can take. (However, it is important to take action to also reduce your energy use.  To see what practical steps you can take to reduce your carbon footprint before offsetting, see Save Energy) For instance, it is more cost effective and better for our environment to build a 100 MW wind energy farm in Minnesota than a 5 kW windmill in your own backyard.

Posted by hogprint in reply to mary59

I agree.  Let's start though by putting the wind generators around Martha's Vineyard and on the mountain in Aspen.  That way the Hollywood holier than thou crowd can really see we mean business.  Next we need a wind farm on the TN side of the Great Smokey MT. national park.  That way Mr. Gore can have a good view.  Then we can start work on the farm in MN.  Just as long as we spread the wealth...I'm all for it.

Posted by hogprint in reply to hogprint

Whoops...got carried away and forgot this...: 

 

http://www.newfarm.org/depts/op_ed/0504/downwind.shtml

Posted by FNC Liberal

I can just imagine seeing Sean bashing bossman Rupert Murdoch about his carbon offsets. I also can see bossman Murdoch giving Sean his walking papers at the end of his contract with Fox News Channel. 

Sean wants to keep his job at News Corporation, so don't expect him to target bossman Murdoch any time soon.

Greedy Sean doesn't care about the environment. He only cares about receiving his pathetic paychecks from News Corp. and ABC Radio. 

I'm telling you this man is unbalanced.