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Yesterday, at the Democratic National Convention, the widely read DC news website Punchbowl News held a day-long event complete with fine food, fancy drinks, members of Congress, and a battery of industry executives.
Who paid for this event? None other than ExxonMobil.
It would be shocking if it weren't so predictable. Either way, it's infuriating.
What are the chances that Punchbowl News or any other fossil fuel industry-funded news outlet is going to report accurately on how Big Oil is driving the climate emergency when ExxonMobil is funding its operations? Basically zero.
This is what corporate media corruption looks like, and it's why Common Dreams's independent, progressive journalism is so vital.
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