Chavez-controlled Citgo Gets Another Pass from Networks

The same broadcasters who went after oil company profits fail to seize on move by Citgo to avoid SEC oversight.

By Ken Shepherd
Free Market Project

On March 2 a major oil company operating within the United States announced it would take steps to avoid reporting to the U.S. government. But in the week since, none of the three broadcast networks has taken notice, even though a Free Market Project study found the same media outlets have consistently attacked American oil companies as deserving additional government scrutiny for their “windfall profits.” Broadcast media outlets also ignored ExxonMobil’s plans to pump more money into improving and increasing oil production. Read on.