INFOGRAPHIC: Editorial Boards Across the Country Bash Manufactured #ExxonKnew Controversy
Tuesday September 13, 2016
As New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s #ExxonKnew campaign continues to unravel, editorial boards across the country from USA Today to Bloomberg the Washington Post are weighing in, calling the investigations a “dangerous arrogation of power” with “alarming” implications for free speech.
Bloomberg View 11/10/15: “Using the criminal law to shame and encumber companies that do so is a dangerous arrogation of power.”
National Review 7/12/16: “The Democrats are, as we keep pointing out, engaged in a nakedly authoritarian assault on free speech, political debate, and dissent.”
Wall Street Journal 7/7/16: “The climate police would do more for their cause if they spent more time persuading the public on the merits of climate risks and policy. Their resort to abusive government power suggests that they think they have a weak case.”
New York Post 8/21/16: “It’s time for [Schneiderman] to put the public’s interests before his own desire to please enviro-radicals — and end this probe for good.”
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