On PBS: Hippie-Hypocrite Neil Young Sings 'End Fracking Now'

Geoffrey | November 3, 2014
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Crossposted on Newsbusters.

On his October 30, 2014 PBS show, Charlie Rose invited singer-songwriter Neil Young to promote his latest album and played a clip of the Woodstock-generation singer’s first single - basically an anthem against Big Oil called “Who is Going to Stand Up?” In the clip Young calls for the end of fossil fuel and fracking. Here are some of the lyrics:

End fossil fuel
Draw the line
Before we build one more pipeline
End fracking now

Within seconds after playing the clip the PBS host also asked Young about his new memoir in which Young “covers everything from his love of cars and painting to his crusade for Mother Earth.” However, Rose never once asked the environmental activist if he felt guilty about all the fossil fuels he’s used in his cars or his painting. Rose also never mentioned all the fossil fuels used in the promotion of Young’s 50 plus year career in the production of his vinyl records, tapes, CDs to all the gasoline used to transport those products and his band in tour busses and planes.

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