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RNC: McCain camp pits Obama v. Palin in new ad Truth about oil support is blurred in new McCain ad	Kate Sheppard	03 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Before Sarah Palin's VP nomination acceptance speech tonight, the McCain campaign released a new ad, 'Alaska Maverick.' It compares Palin to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama: 'She has a record of bi-partisan reform,' it says. 'He's the Senate's 'most liberal.'' 'She took on the oil producers,' it continues. 'He gave big oil billions in subsidies and giveaways.' The accusation that Obama 'gave big oil billions in subsidies and giveaways' is somewhat ...
Topics: advertising, Barack Obama, elections, politics, presidential race 08, Republican National Convention, Sarah Palin, video (all these topics)

'Drill, drill, drill' -- even if it won't solve the problem T. Boone Pickens airs his first television ad	Kate Sheppard	25 Aug 2008	Gristmill
T. Boone Pickens -- the conservative billionaire oil baron turned wind activist -- just released his his first TV ad. Pickens has said that 'we can't drill our way out' of our energy problem, and in the ad he says that wind should be the primary energy source to help break dependency on foreign oil. But he also says in that ad that we should 'drill, drill, drill.' Watch it: Pickens will be at the Democratic National Convention Thursday at noon, in the Big Tent ...
Topics: advertising, energy, Muckraker, oil and gas drilling, politics, T Boone Pickens, video, wind power (all these topics)

OMFG	David Roberts	23 Aug 2008	Gristmill
How is this not the worst thing ever? Did the McCain campaign make this?
Topics: TV, advertising, video (all these topics)

'U-Turn Udall' and 'Big Oil Bob' Senate race in Colorado becomes a battle over energy issues	Kate Sheppard	21 Aug 2008	Gristmill
The energy debate is playing out in down-ticket races across the country, and Colorado's no exception. In the race to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard (R), Rep. Mark Udall (D) and former-Rep. Bob Schaffer (R) are duking it out over oil. Schaffer represented Colorado's fourth district from 1997 through 2003, and in 2004 he made a failed bid in the Republican Senatorial primary. Since then, he has served as vice-president for business development at Aspect En ...
Topics: advertising, Colorado, Congress, elections, energy, Muckraker, news, politics, video (all these topics)

MoveOn does N.C. New MoveOn ad targets Elizabeth Dole and John McCain	Kate Sheppard	20 Aug 2008	Gristmill
MoveOn is dropping a cool half a million dollars on a new TV ad in North Carolina that accuses Republican presidential candidate John McCain and Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R) of being 'in the pocket of Big Oil.' The ad highlights their support for tax breaks for oil companies. Dole is facing a tough reelection bid against Democratic challenger and state Sen. Kay Hagan (D). McCain is currently ahead of Obama in the presidential polls in North Carolina, but even though ...
Topics: advertising, elections, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08, video (all these topics)

The latest We ad	David Roberts	16 Aug 2008	Gristmill
I like that these are getting ballsier:
Topics: advertising, energy, environmental movement, renewable energy, video (all these topics)

McCain economics	David Roberts	14 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Here's Obama's new ad hitting McCain: I'm not entirely sure I get the Iraq bit. Is the Obama campaign now trying to cast Iraq as some sort of pampered welfare recipient? I know it now has an oil surplus, but it's not exactly like they're sitting pretty over there.
Topics: advertising, elections, Iraq, politics, presidential race 08, video (all these topics)

Exxon John	David Roberts	13 Aug 2008	Gristmill
The Democratic National Committee is being mean to John McCain again:
Topics: advertising, Big Oil, elections, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08, video (all these topics)

Together, we can echo right-wing talking points We campaign continues to shoot itself, and climate movement, in the foot	David Roberts	11 Aug 2008	Gristmill
So as to start by saying nice things, I think this new ad from the We campaign is a vast improvement over the sitting-on-a-couch, lending-credibility-to-scumbags ads they ran earlier this year: That said, I got an email from the campaign on Friday that about made my head explode. Here's a bit: Last week, the U.S. Congress left Washington without addressing the energy crisis. They didn't deal with gas prices. They didn't move on solutions to climate change. Wha ...
Topics: advertising, environmental movement, politics, video (all these topics)

Waste not, want not Obama campaign targets McCain's support of dumping nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain	Kate Sheppard	11 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama released a new ad over the weekend in Nevada, targeting Republican rival John McCain's support for dumping nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain. 'Imagine trucks hauling the nation's nuclear waste on our highways to Yucca Mountain,' the ad says. 'John McCain supports opening Yucca. He's not worried about nuclear waste in our state -- only in Arizona.' The ad then replays video of a May 2007 interview with McCain in whic ...
Topics: advertising, Barack Obama, elections, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08, video (all these topics)

An ad campaign of Olympic proportions Obama clean-energy ad will air during Olympics coverage	Kate Sheppard	08 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Thought the Olympics might bring some reprieve from election season? Think again. Today Barack Obama rolled out his $5 million ad campaign that will run during Olympic coverage on NBC, focusing on a clean energy economy. 'The hands that built this nation can build a new economy,' says the ad, as it shows images of people working on solar panels, wind farms, and other eco-friendly projects. It repeats the candidate's pledge to create 5 million green jobs, and ple ...
Topics: advertising, Barack Obama, Muckraker, news, Olympics, politics, presidential race 08, video (all these topics)

Gas impasse Obama campaign's attempts to get gas ads at the pump foiled	Kate Sheppard	07 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Barack Obama's campaign wanted to bring the energy ad wars directly to the pump, but their attempts have been foiled. The campaign wanted to run an ad on the mini TV screens that appear on some gas pumps, pointing out that John McCain voted against higher fuel-economy standards and renewable energy, and that Obama is calling for a $1,000 energy rebate and measures to move toward energy independence. The campaign intended to roll out the ad at gas stations in Tam ...
Topics: advertising, Barack Obama, elections, energy, John McCain, Muckraker, news, oil, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

T. Boone's new ad	David Roberts	06 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Lots of wind, no mention of natural gas:
Topics: advertising, business, energy, renewable energy, video, wind power (all these topics)

Gauge against the machine McCain now agrees that inflating your tires saves gasoline	Kate Sheppard	06 Aug 2008	Gristmill
John McCain and his campaign have been ribbing Barack Obama for his statement last week that if Americans made sure their tires were properly inflated it could save as much oil as would be found in offshore areas. The McCain team went so far as to hand out tire gauges at the Democratic candidates's events. Obama jabbed back yesterday, and now McCain in conceding the accuracy of his rival's statement. 'And could I mention that Sen. Obama a couple of days ago said ...
Topics: advertising, elections, energy, John McCain, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08, video (all these topics)

McMeltdown Keith Olbermann on McCain's campaign	David Roberts	06 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Brutal: See also Rachel Maddow's comments at about 3:25 in here:
Topics: advertising, gas prices, John McCain, oil and gas drilling, politics, presidential race 08, video (all these topics)

The energy-ad arms race Presidential candidates keep the energy ads a-comin'	Kate Sheppard	06 Aug 2008	Gristmill
John McCain put out this new ad yesterday, 'Broken,' in which he's portrayed as the 'original maverick' and pledges to 'battle Big Oil.' (Someone might want to pass the message along to his donors.) Barack Obama responded with this new ad yesterday, challenging the premise that McCain has been a 'maverick' on energy and other issues: ' And today McCain issued another ad repeating the celebrity allegation (this time minus Britney and Paris) and alleging tha ...
Topics: advertising, Barack Obama, elections, energy, John McCain, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08, video (all these topics)

Paris responds The Hilton energy policy	David Roberts	05 Aug 2008	Gristmill

Topics: advertising, celebrity, energy, politics, video (all these topics)

Whole in the Middle Whole Foods tries to shake its elitist reputation		04 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 4:11 PM on 04 Aug 2008 Whole Foods Market, with its gleaming displays of organic produce, antibiotic-free meat, and vegan baked goods, has long branded itself as a high-quality grocery retailer -- thus earning the nickname Whole Paycheck and a reputation for elitism. But with the economy sagging -- bringing with it, according to some analysts, consumer interest in organic food -- Whole Foods is aiming to tout itself ...
Topics: advertising, business, economy, food, greenish companies, news, organic food, shopping (all these topics)

The world is full of crashing oil barrels Ads from Sierra Club and MoveOn hit McCain over energy policy	Kate Sheppard	31 Jul 2008	Gristmill
'Big Oil companies have our economy and politics in a choke hold,' says a new TV ad released today by the Sierra Club Political Committee. 'They are getting billions from the government, raking in record profits, while we pay more and more for gas.' 'John McCain's answer?' the ad continues. 'Another $4 billion giveaway to Big Oil.' The ad, 'Full Nelson,' shows a family being squashed by oil barrels filled with cash. It goes on to praise Barack Obama (whom the S ...
Topics: advertising, Big Oil, elections, energy, John McCain, Muckraker, news, oil, politics, presidential race 08, video ... (all these topics)

Obama: 'Save the drama' New Obama ad responds to McCain's Britney ad	Kate Sheppard	31 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Barack Obama is hammering back after John McCain ran an ad comparing him to Britney Spears. In a new ad of his own, Obama accuses the Republican candidate of taking 'the low road.' 'John McCain: Same old politics, same failed policies,' says the ad, before touting Obama's plans to grant a $1,000 middle-class tax, fight Big Oil, develop alternative fuels, and 'break the grip of foreign oil.' Watch it:
Topics: advertising, Barack Obama, energy, John McCain, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08, video (all these topics)

Nuts about global warming Grape-Nuts releases global warming ad	Joseph Romm	30 Jul 2008	Gristmill
I have no idea what this ad means. But I saw it in Newsweek and had to scan it onto the blog: I am open to anyone's thoughts as to what this means. Here is the best I can come up with: (In the interest of maintaining the journalistic integrity of this blog, such as it is, I must admit in my youthful days, I did eat Grape-Nuts [with yogurt]). First, I believe this ad is, in fact, sort of a warning that accepts the science of human caused global warming. I ...
Topics: advertising, food, greenwashing (all these topics)

What's in a name? Big Oil tries to hide behind an acronym	Miles Grant	29 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Ever watch the cable news networks during the afternoon? You're bombarded with issue ad after issue ad. Well, imagine that every TV and radio station was like that 24 hours a day. That's local media here in D.C. And since the climate and energy debate began in earnest on Capitol Hill last summer, it seems like you can't get through one commercial break without hearing GM or Big Oil explain how they don't need big government telling them what to do (unless, of course, big ...
Topics: advertising, Big Oil, oil, politics, Washington DC (all these topics)

'Rolling in it' Sierra Club ads defend Dems who are 'standing strong against Big Oil'	Kate Sheppard	28 Jul 2008	Gristmill
The Sierra Club rolled out a new radio ad campaign this weekend that aims to defend Democrats who are being hammered for not supporting efforts to open more areas to oil drilling. Sixty-second ads being aired in six states ask listeners to call and thank these members of Congress for 'standing up to the oil companies': Reps. Chris Carney (D-Pa.), Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), Jerry McNerney (D-Calif.), Carol Shea-Porter (D-N.H.), and Heath Shuler (D-N.C.), and Se ...
Topics: advertising, Big Oil, energy, Muckraker, news, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics)

Playing the pump card New McCain ad blames Obama for rising gas prices	Kate Sheppard	21 Jul 2008	Gristmill
GOP presidential candidate John McCain released a new television ad today, 'Pump,' which puts the blame for rising gas prices on Democrat Barack Obama. 'Who can you thank for rising prices at the pump?' the ad asks, as a photo of Obama appears on screen, and a crowd shouts, 'Obama, Obama!' 'One man knows we must now drill more in America and rescue our family budgets,' the ad continues. 'Don't hope for more energy, vote for it. McCain.' McCain, President Bu ...
Topics: advertising, Barack Obama, gas prices, John McCain, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08, video (all these topics)

Water on the Brain Author Elizabeth Royte chats about the bottled-water boom and backlash	Michelle Nijhuis	18 Jul 2008	Grist Feature
Elizabeth Royte. Photo: Rod Morrison Journalist Elizabeth Royte drinks tap water, but she spends a lot of time thinking about the bottled kind. In her new book, Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It, Royte investigates the causes and consequences of the bottled-water industry's astounding growth. With her refillable water bottle in hand, Royte travels t ...
Topics: advertising, books, business, consumerism (all these topics)

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