{"id":2030,"date":"2008-08-17T08:40:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-17T12:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/?p=2030"},"modified":"2008-08-16T13:45:30","modified_gmt":"2008-08-16T17:45:30","slug":"do-as-i-say-not-as-i-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/17\/do-as-i-say-not-as-i-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Do As I Say, Not As I Do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/gogreen.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"left\" title=\"gogreen\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/gogreen.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>In the do as I say not as I do department, a bit of hypocrisy from the Green Network.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The NBC family of networks has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessandmedia.org\/articles\/2008\/20080815165112.aspx\">no problem showing viewers <\/a>how to save the planet. But if it is a muggy, smoggy 85 degrees, as is the forecast for Beijing this week, consider looking elsewhere for eco-inspiration. WTHR, the NBC affiliate for Indianapolis, reported from Beijing and described the NBC set used for the network\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s two highest rated news broadcasts, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153NBC Nightly News\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Today,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d as air conditioned \u00e2\u20ac\u201c even though it is outdoors. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The set is outside, but air conditioning vents make the weather bearable,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Anne Marie Tiernon wrote for WTHR Eyewitness News on August 14.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Less than two months ago, NBC was painting climate change as an issue of American national security. NBC chief environmental affairs correspondent Anne Thompson said on the June 25 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153NBC Nightly News\u00e2\u20ac\u009d that: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s thirst for energy is creating an environmental crisis that could soon become a security crisis for the United States.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Other media have criticized American over-dependence on air conditioning. According to Joe Klein of Time magazine, air conditioning represents an estimated 4 percent of U.S. energy use.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You should reduce your carbon footprint, but\u00c2\u00a0 not if it inconvenient for them.<\/p>\n<p>Hat tip: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvorak.org\" target=\"_self\">Dvorak.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"quotebig\">\n<dl>\n<dt>If there&#8217;s anything unsettling to the stomach, it&#8217;s watching actors on television talk about their personal lives.<\/dt>\n<dd class=\"author\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.quotationspage.com\/quotes\/Marlon_Brando\/\">Marlon Brando<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>US movie actor  (1924 &#8211; 2004)<\/em><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the do as I say not as I do department, a bit of hypocrisy from the Green Network. The NBC family of networks has no problem showing viewers how to save the planet. 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