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The Colonial Pipeline spill has caused 6 states (Tennessee, Virginia, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, and North Carolina) to declare a state of emergency. Gasoline (petrol) prices on the east coast are likely to spike. Yet, most puzzling is how this vast emergency and its likely effect on cost of living has gone unnoticed by mainstream media outlets. The pipeline is owned by Koch Industries: is this why the media is silent?
[Are there any Soylentils in the affected area who can corroborate this story? Have you heard of the spill, seen long gas lines, or any price gouging? -Ed.]
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Six US States Declare Emergency after Major Gasoline Pipeline Spill; Media Almost Silent
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(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Monday September 19 2016, @03:21PM
The CBC has been offering significantly more coverage than any of the US-based news networks as well. That's why I always include at least one non-US-based news source if I'm looking for a less biased view of reality.
The powers-that-be know that it is possible to get around news blackouts. However, news blackouts do keep the population that is ignorant and/or unfamiliar with the Internet from figuring out what is going on. That's working less and less as people who grew up with the World Wide Web existing are slowly but steadily becoming a majority. As the longtime saying goes, "The Internet sees censorship as damage and routes around it."
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.