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The bronze to Sean Hannity of Fixed News. On the Rupert Murdoch Network talking about those carbon off-sets you purchase to off-set your carbon footprint, 'those off-sets, that is the biggest hoax in the world. You know what it's like. You go cheat on your wife and then say, 'Honey, don't worry, I bought an off-set.' Good luck.' This is the second time Hannity has dismissed off-sets and going green and climate change, apparently utterly unaware that his boss pledged to make News Corp carbon neutral by 2010: 'While we reduce our own carbon footprints, some emissions will be unavoidable. As a last resort, we will off-set these emissions. The carbon off-set is a financial tool to support projects that prevent carbon from being released in the atmosphere. Done right, they will widen the implementation of carbon saving technologies and give an incentive to create new solutions.' Murdoch has also boasted that the telecast of the most recent Emmys was carbon neutral...

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About this quote

What does it mean?
A critic points out hypocrisy in Hannity's view on carbon offsets.
In plain terms
Hannity calls offsets a hoax while his boss uses them.
What can you take from it?
Check for hypocritical stances.

Where it applies

  • environmental debate
  • media critique
  • corporate responsibility

Putting it to work

  • research corporate policies
  • review environmental claims

Questions to consider

  • Are offsets valid?
  • Does hypocrisy invalidate the argument?

Another view

Offsets themselves are debated as a solution.

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