The right-wing media has gone into full conspiracy mode over the accidental discharge of mining waste into a Colorado river, triggered by EPA investigations into the Gold King Mine. A JunkScience post claims the "EPA made the Gold King spill on purpose," based on a July 30 letter to the editor in a local Colorado paper that predicted the mine's 500 gallons-per-minute waste water buildup would eventually leak, enabling the EPA "to justify their hidden agenda for construction of a treatment plant."
Meanwhile, Breitbart has a piece titled, "See the Matrix: 5 Reasons the Media is Downplaying the EPA Disaster." The article claims that the media—to protect Obama and the federal government, and because Republicans, Americans and local governments can't be blamed—is "downplaying" the news.
This might make sense if it were even remotely true. For example, the New York Times has three original pieces on the event and another six from the Associated Press. And although the spill was unfortunate, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said on Wednesday that the the river's water quality data has "returned to pre-event conditions."
So perhaps the reason for the lack of uproar over this event is because it's already pretty much over.
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