McCarthyite Propaganda For West Virginia

This is almost hard to believe. This is from a television station in the north central area of West Virginia, where I grew up. It is an editorial in support of the mining companies and mountaintop removal that is masquerading as journalism.

The crudity of this television piece reminds me of McCarthyite red scare propaganda. Despite the crudity of McCarthyism it nonetheless worked, with Congressional hearings, loyalty oaths, and ruined careers and lives. I guess that the folks at this TV station know that, that propaganda doesn’t have to be sophisticated to work. You just have to have the unmitigated gall to use it in the first place.


ref: http://www.wdtv.com/wdtv.cfm?func=view&section=5-News&item=WVa-Lawmakers-Cry-Foul-to-EPAs-Plan-to-Appeal-Mine-Permit-Veto2882