Apparently nine days ago there was a massive oil spill from a decades-old Utah pipeline leaking. Most of the blogs I follow, as well as Google News, don't seem to be covering it. What gives
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What particular reason do you have to assume that oil companies control the news? Most news shows don't focus on any scientific or technical matters, unless there is spectacular imagery involved, and a subterranean leak from a pipeline just isn't spectacular -- from a visual point of view.
News shows? Who said anything about TV? I was talking about news aggregators. I almost never get my news from TV, I get it by reading.
As far as being visually spectacular goes? That's a non-argument. For example, legislation being signed isn't visually impressive, but news outlets have no problem covering legislation they consider significant. Oil spills are definitely visually spectacular.
Also, as I've read more, it seems that the company lobbying for the new pipeline has a history of equipment failures leading to oil spills. One more reason it's a horrible project. (The WSJ also covered that incident, but their article is behind a paywall, so I can't link to it.)
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As far as being visually spectacular goes? That's a non-argument. For example, legislation being signed isn't visually impressive, but news outlets have no problem covering legislation they consider significant. Oil spills are definitely visually spectacular.
Also, as I've read more, it seems that the company lobbying for the new pipeline has a history of equipment failures leading to oil spills. One more reason it's a horrible project. (The WSJ also covered that incident, but their article is behind a paywall, so I can't link to it.)
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