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  • '60 Minutes' Promotes $27-Billion Leftist 'Fraud' Efforts Against Chevron

    05/04/2009 4:41:05 AM PDT · by Rufus2007 · 10 replies · 1,049+ views
    NewsBusters ^ | May 4, 2009 | Jeff Poor
    When $27 billion is at stake, some companies would pay big bucks to win a PR battle, but one side of an environmental lawsuit doesn't have to, since CBS is pushing its position for free. On CBS's May 3 "60 Minutes," correspondent Scott Pelley, who once compared global-warming skepticism to Holocaust denial, gave the plaintiff of a $27-billion frivolous lawsuit against Chevron a public relations victory with his report. Pelley's report featured a suit filed by the Amazon Defense Coalition, a group described as "eco-radicals," who are trying to squeeze $27 billion from Chevron for environmental cleanup that the nation's...