Stop being surprised by how little coverage the Dakota Access Pipeline protests are receiving in US broadcast and cable media. As I noted last month, were it not for Lawrence O’Donnell and Joy Reid of MSNBC, the efforts by the self-described “water protectors” of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to prevent Energy Transfer Partners–the parent […]
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