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Apr. 29th, 2008 10:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
webfarmerThe other night PBS' Frontline program re-aired a documentary on global warming politics in the USA called "Hot Politics". It's still not a pretty picture a year after its first showing.
These events and interviews don't age well in that regard. It notes the bi-partisan nature of the foot dragging and fabrications for profit. The old sausage making comparison for politics fits very well here.
Curiously neither Clinton nor Gore would allow themselves to be interviewed whereas dark lord Newt Gingrich didn't have a problem with it. And it's not because reporter Deborah Amos (of NPR fame) was going to give him a free ride. She also did an on-line discussion via the Washington Post when it was first aired.
The full program is available on-line for free viewing.
Hot Politics - Frontline - PBS
"Examining the politics behind the U.S. government's failure to act on the biggest environmental problem of our time."
These events and interviews don't age well in that regard. It notes the bi-partisan nature of the foot dragging and fabrications for profit. The old sausage making comparison for politics fits very well here.
Curiously neither Clinton nor Gore would allow themselves to be interviewed whereas dark lord Newt Gingrich didn't have a problem with it. And it's not because reporter Deborah Amos (of NPR fame) was going to give him a free ride. She also did an on-line discussion via the Washington Post when it was first aired.
The full program is available on-line for free viewing.
Hot Politics - Frontline - PBS
"Examining the politics behind the U.S. government's failure to act on the biggest environmental problem of our time."
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Date: 2008-04-30 02:44 am (UTC)They cover these particular issues in a bit more depth in the documentary. Deborah Amos does her usual good job, imo.