Obama Spares Us From Energy Independence; Ignorant MSM Cheers

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President Obama this week announced that his administration would ease-up on the long moratorium on offshore drilling for oil and natural gas. Congress may not have made up its collective mind on the issue but some in the American media have made their positions clear. Observe if you will this headline from the April 1 edition of the Miami Herald:

Obama offshore drilling plan spares South Florida

Here’s a parallel line from a story on the website of KEYT-TV in Santa Barbara, California:

It looks as if California’s coastline was spared, as President Obama announced plans

Rather than news coverage heralding how one area or another will be “spared “ from offshore drilling, I’d rather see coverage on how offshore drilling can spare us all from the problems caused by surrendering American energy independence...

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