Former Vice President Al Gore sat down for a tough interview with NBC’s Andrea Mitchell this week. How tough was it? Mitchell asked how Gore, “as a prophet on climate change,” could agree to sell Current TV to Al-Jazeera for $100 million in dirty, sticky oil money from Qatar. What sort of climate change prophet does that?
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Al Gore is a global warming profit, not prophet, Andrea.
— R. J. Montes (@rjmontesLC) January 31, 2013
MSNBC Hack Andrea Mitchell Calls Al Gore A Global Warming “Prophet”… More like a snake oil salesmanhttp://t.co/ioyly1uT
— Paul (@PAC43) January 31, 2013
MSNBC Hack Andrea Mitchell Calls Al Gore A Global Warming “Prophet” More like a snake oil salesman. Needs a covered wagon.
— Barbie Lee (@UF2) January 31, 2013
"it seems inherently hypocritical to take money from an oil producer." – @mitchellreports to Al Gore, on the Current deal
— Willful Disregard For Human Life Is Disqualifying (@bywillpollock) January 31, 2013
It might seem inherently hypocritical, but it’s not in Gore’s case. Why not? As Gore explained, Al-Jazeera provides some really fine coverage of climate change that rivals anything you’ll see on U.S. cable news. Sure, it’s oil money, but they’re not just driving around in SUVs for no reason — they’re spending it on programs urging you not to use oil, so it’s OK.
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