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PSYOPS: Range Resources official statement changes twice
As you know by now, the Big Gas Mafia held a much ballyhooed media/PR conference to get their fracking story straight to combat all the bad press and their failure to convince the American public that they can frack safely. I paid to attend that conference and wore my name badge the entire time.
Transparency was a big theme–hiding/spinning wrongdoings just escalates the public distrust. Yet here they are with the media equivalent of a spill — admissions that they’re using and encourage use of military tactics against American citizens. Yet, rather than owning it and admitting wrongdoing and addressing the problem they are instead trying to divert and obfuscate.
Tagged with: fracking, hydraulic fracturing, range resources, psyops, war
A response to an industry caught with their pants down.
I've spent most of the day talking to reporters about the PSYOPS story that broke yesterday and has now gone viral. This is the most fun version of the story.
I'm not a good note taker which is why I thought I would record parts of the conference. After the first panel, I decided to record the entire thing. And Matt Pitzarella of Range Resources and Matt Carmichael of Anadarko got caught with their pants down -- recommending using military tactics on communities.
Their attempts to spin out of the mess they created has been tragicomic.
Tagged with: fracking, hydraulic fracturing, media, war
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