banned Greenpeace anti-fracking ad
The banning of a Greenpeace anti-fracking ad by the ASA is indicative of the revolving door and how corrupt the political system has become.
Chris Smith used to be a Labour government minster.
On leaving office, jobs for the boys, seats on the board of Big Business or on a quango, true to script he heads the Environment Agency.
As boss of the Environment Agency he gave the OK to frack in National Parks.
Now he heads the ASA.
As head of the ASA he banned a Greenpeace anti-fracking ad.
Greenpeace:
The ASA just banned our anti-fracking ad!
Here are the facts:
A few months ago we published a newspaper ad stating: “Experts agree – [fracking] won’t cut our energy bills.”
The ASA asked for evidence to back up the claim — so we submitted statements from 22 experts and commentators including leading academics, the energy secretary Ed Davey, and even quotes from fracking firm Cuadrilla.
This wasn’t enough for the ASA and they still said the ad was misleading. But the only evidence they could provide to back that up?… A quote from the prime minister.
Oh and one other thing… the chair of the ASA, Lord Chris Smith, happens to be the head of the Task Force on Shale Gas (a group funded by the fracking industry).
Chris Smith heads an independent inquiry into fracking. An inquiry financed by the fracking industry.
Murdoch, Lord Rothermere, Barclay Brothers, and the porn baron who owns the Express, are doing their best to pervert the course of the election.
But that is ok, they have money, and money buys our corrupt politician system.
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Tories, Labour and LibDems, all support fracking.
Fracking, climate change, airport expansion, have not featured in the election campaign.
If we do not drastically cut our carbon emission, there will be no future.
If you want to know more about fracking, please watch the talk by Dr Ingraffea, a leading industry expert on fracking.
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