Canadian ambassador slams press coverage of Keystone XL pipeline battle

Gary Doer, Canada’s ambassador to the U.S., believes the press is doing a lousy job covering the proposed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline that Canadian officials are urging the Obama administration to approve.
“Twenty people protesting do get more attention in the media than the 65 percent of Americans that prefer to get their oil from Canada rather than Venezuela or the Middle East,” Doer said in an interview broadcast Sunday on Platts Energy Week TV.

“So am I concerned about the fact that sometimes the media will go with a picture as opposed to, sometimes, logic? That’s just part of how issues are covered,” he said.
Nearly 50 people were arrested outside the White House on Wednesday in civil disobedience to protest Keystone, which would bring oil from Alberta’s oil sands projects to Gulf Coast refineries.

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