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To: Sully- who wrote (60429)	6/26/2007 2:43:37 PM
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ABC Again Admires 'Noble' Environmentalist Who Shuns Toilet Paper Media Research Center On Monday's Good Morning America, for the second time in less than two months, the ABC program featured a gushing segment on a liberal environmentalist's "noble experiment" of forgoing toilet paper and all other modern amenities in order to have "no impact" on the Earth. GMA weatherman Sam Champion, who is himself a promoter of extremist environmental beliefs, touted how the year-long project could be "fun." Co-anchor Chris Cuomo marveled at how Colin Beaven, or "No Impact Man," as he likes to be called, is trying to "do nothing to hurt the environment." In an unintentionally funny moment, when Cuomo noted that he couldn't "go without" toilet paper, this exchange followed. Cuomo: "Can't go without [toilet paper]. Can't be that green, Sam. Can't be that green." Champion: "I want to help you." The May 11 CyberAlert, "ABC's GMA Touts Environmentalist Who Boycotts Toilet Paper," recounted GMA's earlier segment: www.mrc.org For Champion's earlier exaggeration, see the February 1 CyberAlert article, "Warming Hype: 'Will Billions Die?' and 'Could Destroy Earth?'", online at: www.mrc.org In the 8:30am tease for the segment, guest co-host Juju Chang deemed the project a "noble experiment." The experiment in question features self described "tree-hugging lunatic" Colin Beaven and his family refraining from using electricity, elevators and cars for a year. They are currently at the midway point of the endeavor. At no time in the segment, or the one in May, did Champion or anyone else challenge the environmentalist or wonder how much sense it makes to cheer on a man who is abstaining from toilet paper. Indeed, in the tease, Champion seemed to want to downplay that particular angle: Cuomo: "...This is the guy who says, 'I don't use toilet paper because it's bad for the environment?'" Champion: "This is the guy. It started a big headline. It's just a small part of it. But, you know, they wanted to take it to the extreme. So, it's an experiment." Juju Chang: "It's a noble experiment." Champion: "Right. And they're not saying, it really is. And they're not saying everybody has to do all of this. But there's some take-away things that we'll be able to do at home. And you can even have your toilet paper and still help the planet." [This item, by Scott Whitlock, was posted Monday on the MRC's blog, NewsBusters.org: newsbusters.org ] mrc.org