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Hume: Oil spill in the Gulf “verifies” environmentalists' argument about offshore drilling -- not if, but when

Written by Media Matters Staff

Published 05/02/10 5:11 PM EDT

From the May 2 edition of Fox Broadcasting Co.'s Fox News Sunday:

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Related: Hume Acknowledges Oil Spill Disaster 'Verifies' The Concern Of Environmentalists

Previously:

“Drill, baby, drill”: Fox News' environmental catastrophe

FLASHBACK: Media advanced falsehood that drilling is safe because no oil spilled during Hurricane Katrina

Kristol suggests drilling “closer in, which is probably less dangerous” and ANWR drilling -- “I'm a drill, baby, drill person”

Fox's Bolling on Gulf oil spill disaster: “Drill here, drill now ... drill, baby, drill”

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