[Obadiah]

Now, no one knows whether the gas drilling has anything to do with the problems at the clinic. It could easily turn out to be something completely unrelated. There's a smelting plant down the road and old coal mines everywhere.

So why is fracking assumed in NPRs scary headline?

[ArrogantBustard]

So why is fracking assumed in NPRs scary headline?

Because NPR is run by leftist. Leftists are liars.

Leftists also love increasing government power.

Leftists use their habit of lying to create panic over the appearance of a crisis (real or fabricated). Leftists then lie about the nature of the crisis, and the ability to solve it by increasing government power. Eventually the crisis goes away (if it was even real in the first place), but the increased government power remains.

NEVER trust a leftist.

[T-Bird45]

So why is fracking assumed in NPRs scary headline?

It's just the latest lib meme, especially for stories in the NE or PA where this is a relatively new phenomenon. NPR and the other libs can't stand that this could mean true energy independence in the US because that is contrary to an older meme on "the end of oil". It also helps them assuage their aesthetic sensibilities on driving dorky-looking hybrids.

[Erik Latranyi]

So why is fracking assumed in NPRs scary headline?

For the same reason every firearm is an "assault weapon"