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Thu, 2012-01-19 18:37Brendan DeMelle
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To Infinity and Beyond: Media Matters Exposes Echo Chamber On Bogus Keystone XL Jobs Claims

Media Matters for America produced this spot-on video to highlight the manner in which the totally bogus Keystone XL jobs figures [1] were echoed and inflated by Fox News and other media.  

Media Matters notes [2]: Their job figures rely on industry-funded [3] studies, and at times even grossly exaggerate [4] those estimates. Watch as they struggle to get on the same page regarding which inflated estimate to use:

Tags: 
Fox News [5]
Media Matters [6]
echo chamber [7]
media [8]
Keystone XL [9]
Media Matters for America [10]
Keystone jobs [11]
keystone xl jobs [12]
Cornell jobs [13]
oil pipeline jobs [14]
Read more: To Infinity and Beyond: Media Matters Exposes Echo Chamber On Bogus Keystone XL Jobs Claims [15]
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Links:
[1] http://www.desmogblog.com/cornell-report-busts-myth-keystone-xl-job-creation
[2] http://mediamatters.org/blog/201201190008
[3] http://mediamatters.org/research/201111090012
[4] http://mediamatters.org/rd?to=http%3A%2F%2Finsideclimatenews.org%2Fnews%2F20120117%2Fkeystone-xl-jobs-unions-transcanada-construction-liuna-unemployment-state-department-cornell
[5] http://desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/627
[6] http://desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/1399
[7] http://desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/2860
[8] http://desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/5157
[9] http://desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/5857
[10] http://desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/8164
[11] http://desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/8165
[12] http://desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/8166
[13] http://desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/8167
[14] http://desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/8168
[15] http://desmogblog.com/infinity-and-beyond-media-matters-exposes-echo-chamber-bogus-keystone-xl-jobs-claims