Comments on: Large coal firm threatens critic’s site

By: gitarcarver

gitarcarver — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:26:33 +0000

I don’t know about that. When the “Vision” of the group is “…. dedicated to perpetuating the myth that coal can be used in a clean and sustainable manner,” and the “Mission” says “to be a public relations tool for industry for the advancement of misinformation intended to manipulate the public to believe that clean utilization of coal is possible by hijacking the credibility of universities, industries, foundations, and government organizations,” I certainly thought that the site was either parody or satire.

(emphasis mine)

But I will admit that I could be wrong.

By: Ted Frank

Ted Frank — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:28:21 +0000

Not really clear to me that it qualifies as a parody when it uses the same name and a misleading domain name and would have a tendency to mislead people. There’s a disclaimer at the very bottom of the screen, but it’s “below the fold” as it were.

By: mojo

mojo — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:37:50 +0000

Daddy, won’t you take me down to Mulenberg county
Down by the Green river, where paradise lay?
Well I’m sorry, my son, but you’re too late in asking,
Mr. Peabody’s coal train has hauled it away.