<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Music to the ears of us corn hataz]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Biodiversivist http://www.grist.org/article/music-to-the-ears-of-us-corn-hataz/ Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:02:59 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/music-to-the-ears-of-us-corn-hataz/1 Most people on the Gristmill came to this

conclusion long ago. So, why are all of the main rags lagging behind the main blogs? What other conclusions drawn here and in other blogs will later be reflected by the big boys?

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world

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conclusion long ago. So, why are all of the main rags lagging behind the main blogs? What other conclusions drawn here and in other blogs will later be reflected by the big boys?

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world

]]> Comment #2 by David Roberts http://www.grist.org/article/music-to-the-ears-of-us-corn-hataz/ Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:05:14 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/music-to-the-ears-of-us-corn-hataz/2 Answer:

Coal is the enemy of the human race.

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Coal is the enemy of the human race.

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]]> Comment #3 by Biodiversivist http://www.grist.org/article/music-to-the-ears-of-us-corn-hataz/ Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:06:01 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/music-to-the-ears-of-us-corn-hataz/3 The tail wags the dog

URGE2 for another.

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world

]]> The tail wags the dog

URGE2 for another.

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world

]]> Comment #4 by Ron Steenblik http://www.grist.org/article/music-to-the-ears-of-us-corn-hataz/ Thu, 19 Apr 2007 07:48:09 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/music-to-the-ears-of-us-corn-hataz/4 The journalism cycle

A colleague and I were talking about this phenomenon the other day, and what he suggested as an explanation made a lot of sense to me.

The mainstream media started writing glowingly about ethanol 18 months ago because it offered that rarity that so many newspapers and television news programs believe is necessary today to balance the gloom and doom: a nationally significant "good news" story. What was there not to love? In one fell swoop, we:
solve the farming crisis
increase rural employment and stop rural-urban migration
stick it to those terrorist-funding oil exporters (er, like Canada?)
clean the air
reduce CO2 emissions
reduce gasoline prices at the pump (yes, the press swallowed that fiction -- hook, line and sinker)
obviate any need for Americans to change their driving habits

Moreover, star-quality entrepreneurs, like Vinod Khosla and Richard Branson, were getting into the act. Gosh!!

And if anybody (few did) pointed to the fact that all this expansion of ethanol was heavily subsidized, they were treated as killjoys, or met with the predictable response of "well, at least the money is going to the Midwest instead of the Middle East!"

Just about the moment that the MSM had squeezed out as much good news as it could out of that story, numerous doubting Thomases appeared, with a very different story. Now the MSM had a new angle. Dissention! Opposition! New coalitions!

So, they will string this story along for awhile ... until another "feel good" story comes along once again.







]]> The journalism cycle

A colleague and I were talking about this phenomenon the other day, and what he suggested as an explanation made a lot of sense to me.

The mainstream media started writing glowingly about ethanol 18 months ago because it offered that rarity that so many newspapers and television news programs believe is necessary today to balance the gloom and doom: a nationally significant "good news" story. What was there not to love? In one fell swoop, we:
solve the farming crisis
increase rural employment and stop rural-urban migration
stick it to those terrorist-funding oil exporters (er, like Canada?)
clean the air
reduce CO2 emissions
reduce gasoline prices at the pump (yes, the press swallowed that fiction -- hook, line and sinker)
obviate any need for Americans to change their driving habits

Moreover, star-quality entrepreneurs, like Vinod Khosla and Richard Branson, were getting into the act. Gosh!!

And if anybody (few did) pointed to the fact that all this expansion of ethanol was heavily subsidized, they were treated as killjoys, or met with the predictable response of "well, at least the money is going to the Midwest instead of the Middle East!"

Just about the moment that the MSM had squeezed out as much good news as it could out of that story, numerous doubting Thomases appeared, with a very different story. Now the MSM had a new angle. Dissention! Opposition! New coalitions!

So, they will string this story along for awhile ... until another "feel good" story comes along once again.







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