First Wind and MPBN
Being Aboveboard About Underwriters
Maine Public Broadcasting Network’s policies on disclosure generate criticism
by Al Diamon
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As MPBN’s annual report for last year shows, First Wind is one of the network’s largest underwriters, having contributed over $25,000.
Karen Bessey Pease of Lexington Township is a vocal opponent of wind projects and an equally vocal critic of MPBN’s coverage of the issue. “I would like to see Maine Public Radio do a story that might make one of their major sponsors not look good,” Pease said. “If there’s nothing to hide, there’s no reason not to disclose. It takes five seconds to say where the money comes from.
http://thebollard.com/2013/07/01/media-mutt-90/
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Comment by Martha thacker on July 16, 2014 at 8:44am
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The best advertising is through news stories. Maine is no different than the rest of the country in that our news is in a sad state . Big reason we as a country do not trust the news anymore. BDN censored me a long time ago..I thought no big deal , I can be brash. But, the online editor would not admit he had done it.(finally he did) BDN uses disqus, which I don't understand. But I was censored at the same time as BDN with another national news site which also uses disqus. So the news is not only controlled but comments as well. For this reason, I read a lot of foreign newspapers online...esp. comments and I find their citizenry to be way better informed. This is the reason. Our local media has a format which they stick to religiously. Transcribe the govt or corporate news. Then at the end of the article , print dissent. They can say they are being fair, which they probably could get by with , if we as anti wind farmers had not done some independent research. Then it does not pass the smell test.So newspapers are having to sell out/ go under. Shame...I love newspapers. Can remember when BDN was the best!
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Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT
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(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/
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Hannah Pingree on the Maine expedited wind law
Hannah Pingree - Director of Maine's Office of Innovation and the Future
"Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine."
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