MTV Cuts Down Rainforest for Reality TV Show


	MTV Cuts Down Rainforest for Reality TV Show

hitchhiker08

9-15-2008 11:53 PM

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mtv, panama, vandalism, rainforest, viacom

hitchhiker08 says:

Shocking - for a channel that proclaims its eco-friendly and constantly flashes ads & snippets to that effect...Dire Straits I (don't) want my MTV

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9-16-2008 11:46 AM

The REAL Napster

Starbucks coffee also took alot of heat for it's so called 'earth friendly' policies. Which are horrible just like thier coffee.

9-16-2008 1:43 PM

brazilnut72

The right has no monopoly on hypocrisy.

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