So, throughout these articles I have been posting, I have notice a common trend: voices of big corporations and government are being heard and the "underdogs" of media, aka the locals, Native Americans, Environmentalist groups, etc. take the role of the "bad guy" in the battle of the pipeline or just aren't recognized. Media is still pondering questions like this: Will Keystone XL help or hurt the Canadian Economy? What the media conveniently fails to address and make a big deal out of is the danger of the pipeline, the lands it will intrude on, the people it will effect, the wildlife it will destroy etc. Media fails to address these issues because it is not beneficial to their push for the progression of the pipeline. Instead, they focus on ways it will improve the economy and the way big business will benefit. Maybe this is why the news is so lopsided: government is being caught in a whirlwind of contradictions and going back on previous promises. Maybe because environmentalist groups and opposers are not afraid to speak strongly about the realities of the pipeline.
All of these rising and growing issues brings into question, how do we change this? How do we become educated on the ENTIRETY of this issue? Who do we turn to, where do we get our news from?