http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/gas_prices This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Gas Prices en-US Copyright 2009, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200808120003 On his CNN Headline News program, Glenn Beck did not challenge former Shell Oil president John Hofmeister's assertion that drilling in ANWR would "probably" produce oil in "two or three years." In fact, the Energy Department's Energy Information Administration concluded that any benefit from drilling in ANWR would not impact the U.S. oil supply for at least a decade. http://mediamatters.org/items/200808120003 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:56:52 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807300006 Fox news host Gregg Jarrett did not challenge the false assertion by U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman that "[w]hen we had Katrina and Rita, the two worst hurricanes in at least in recent memory, in '05, some three years ago, there was not one case where we had a -- a situation with oil or gas being spilled in the environment." In fact, according to a 2007 report prepared for the U.S. Minerals Management Service, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita resulted in 124 spills from outer continental shelf structures with a total volume of more than 17,000 barrels of petroleum. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807300006 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:50:40 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807290003 CBS' Chip Reid stated, "[Sen. John] McCain says he now supports increased offshore drilling, as do 73 percent of Americans, because, he says, more oil supplies will bring prices down," and went on to claim, "[Sen. Barack] Obama says offshore drilling harms the environment, and looks to the past, not the future." But Reid provided no indication that Obama has directly rebutted the suggestion that "increased offshore oil drilling ... will bring prices down" by pointing to the conclusion of "most experts, even within the Bush Administration," that doing so would not affect gas prices for many years. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807290003 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:36:55 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807250007 <em>The New York Times</em> reported that "leading Democrats" argue "that allowing additional coastal exploration [for oil] would have no immediate impact on gas prices." But the article did not note that it is not only "leading Democrats" who have pointed out that access to currently off-limit areas would have no immediate impact on prices: The U.S. Department of Energy has estimated that allowing the congressional and executive moratoriums on certain off-shore drilling to expire in 2012 "would not have a significant impact on domestic crude oil and natural gas production or prices before 2030." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807250007 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:48:14 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807210005 On <em>Meet the Press</em>, Tom Brokaw asked Al Gore if, on the subject of renewable energy, "Hillary Clinton reset this debate when she said there should be a summer holiday on the federal gas tax." But Brokaw did not mention that Sen. John McCain also proposed a gas-tax holiday or that one of his top advisers still touts the plan as "the best stimulus package we can have right now." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807210005 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:29:57 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807180012 Sean Hannity falsely suggested that federal areas legally available for leasing by oil companies contain no oil. In fact, federal agencies have estimated that more oil exists on the tens of millions of acres of federal areas currently legally available for drilling than there is in the areas currently off limits to drilling. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807180012 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:48:02 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807180011 In an article citing the newly released Field Poll, <em>The Wall Street Journal</em> reported that "43% of Californians support the idea of drilling for oil or natural gas along the state's coast, compared with 51% who oppose it," without noting that the poll question included the false suggestion that "drill[ing] more oil and gas wells in state tidelands" would in fact "deal with the rising cost of energy" in the near future. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807180011 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:34:13 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807170013 On Bill O'Reilly's radio show, financial commentator Jonathan Hoenig said: "[I]f there's bad guys out there, Bill, and you alluded to Iran and whatnot -- let's deal with them militarily. You know, we didn't win -- win World War II by cutting back on German sausages." Hoenig has previously advocated military strikes on Iran and North Korea in appearances on Fox News' <em>Your World with Neil Cavuto</em>. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807170013 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:59:59 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807150007 <em>The Washington Post</em> and the <em>Los Angeles Times</em> each reported that "Democrats and environmental groups" say that allowing new offshore drilling would not have an effect on oil and gas prices in the next several years. They did not note that it is not just Democrats and environmental groups that say this: The Bush Energy Department has determined that production from offshore drilling "would not have a significant impact on domestic crude oil and natural gas production or prices before 2030" and that such production is expected to have an "insignificant" effect on "average wellhead prices." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807150007 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:35:47 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807140005 <em>The Washington Post</em> ran an article under the headline "Offshore Drilling Backed as Remedy for Oil Prices," but the article itself noted that "the Energy Department's Energy Information Administration [EIA] said that .... 'Because oil prices are determined on the international market, however, any impact on average wellhead prices is expected to be insignificant.' " The article also noted that the EIA said that "access to the Pacific, Atlantic, and eastern Gulf regions would not have a significant impact on domestic crude oil and natural gas production or prices before 2030." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807140005 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:46:10 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807020006 Fox Business Network's Eric Bolling asserted that, according to offshore oil "drillers" with whom he had spoken, "China was probably drilling offshore, very close to our shore through Cuba, and taking some of that oil that -- that honestly could -- could and should be helping our situation." His assertion that China was drilling "very close to our shore" echoed a claim made by Vice President Dick Cheney -- citing columnist George Will -- that both Cheney and Will have since corrected. http://mediamatters.org/items/200807020006 Wed, 2 Jul 2008 17:06:59 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200806100005 On <em>MSNBC Live</em>, Andrea Mitchell discussed energy policy with former Sens. John Breaux and Trent Lott but failed to disclose that both are lobbyists for major oil and gas companies. While Mitchell said that Lott and Breaux "formed a firm" together, she did not note that their firm conducts lobbying or that its clients include oil and gas companies Chevron, Shell, and Plains Exploration &amp; Production Co. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806100005 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:27:18 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200806090012 MSNBC's Contessa Brewer uncritically aired President Bush's assertion that the "United States has an opportunity to help increase the supply of oil on the market, therefore taking pressure off gasoline for our hardworking Americans, and that I've proposed to the Congress that they open up ANWR, and open up the continental shelf, and give this country a chance to help us through this difficult period." However, federal researchers have found that any benefit from the oil exploration Bush suggests would not impact the U.S. oil supply for at least a decade. http://mediamatters.org/items/200806090012 Mon, 9 Jun 2008 19:05:04 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200805130006 Referring to criticism of President Bush by Dick Gephardt over rising gas prices, Rush Limbaugh asserted: "[G]as prices didn't start going through the roof till [Democrats] took over the House in 2006." In fact, average monthly gasoline prices (adjusted for inflation) began to climb several years before Democrats took control of Congress. http://mediamatters.org/items/200805130006 Tue, 13 May 2008 17:08:25 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802290011 In an article about President Bush's February 28 press conference, <em>The New York Times</em> uncritically quoted Bush saying the following in response to a question about the source of funding for his presidential library: "I, frankly, have been focused elsewhere, like on gasoline prices and, you know, my trip to Africa, and haven't seen the fund-raising strategy yet." The <em>Times</em> did not mention that earlier in the press conference, Bush said he "hadn't heard" that gas prices might rise to $4 gallon. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802290011 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:30:48 EST