{"id":1375,"date":"2008-04-22T13:41:01","date_gmt":"2008-04-22T17:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/2008\/04\/22\/1375\/"},"modified":"2008-11-06T19:21:35","modified_gmt":"2008-11-06T23:21:35","slug":"nbc-universal-is-co-opting-the-green-party-of-the-united-states-this-earth-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/2008\/04\/22\/1375\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC Universal is co-opting the Green Party of the United States this Earth Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Earth Day I am calling out corporate greenwashing<\/a> being employed by NBC Universal<\/a> . The calculated lie (below) is that they are not forming a new “Green Party,” rather they are subverting the existence of one of the few 3rd parties in American politics. <\/p>\n

When this week is over, I sincerely wonder how many times will NBC Universal<\/a> feature the Green Party’s presidential candidate<\/a> on any of it’s stations<\/a>? That is less of a question and more of a challenge. My null hypothesis is that there will be no mention of the Green Party of the United States<\/a>, rather lots of tips on living green instead of empowering people that they have the option<\/i> to vote Green<\/a> in November.<\/p>\n

NBC Universal is 80% owned by General Electric<\/a> and this type of greenwashing is designed to help distance people’s concerns about General Electric’s nuclear reactor<\/a> business operations. It’s ironic that it was protests against nuclear energy<\/a> that helped propel the German Green Party<\/a> into the political spotlight<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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