Whiskey’s for drinking at CBS

Posted on | January 8, 2010 | 1 Comment

Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting

No sooner has Lesley Stahl snapped shut her dictionary of Twain quotes* used in the recent CBS show “60 Minutes” on the California water crisis as it’s been opened again to the same page — this time by the network’s Atlanta-based reporter Mark Strassmann for a CBS Evening News broadcast.

This time one of the figures driving the network to drinking cliches is the Southern Nevada Water Authority’s general manager Pat Mulroy, who will appear on CBS Evening News tonight to discuss American water shortages, including those of her agency covering Las Vegas. Those who don’t buy that serving unfettered development in the Mojave Desert qualifies her as a conservationist may need to start drinking now. To see how heavily, click here.

*See the Albuquerque Journal’s John Fleck at Inkstain on the veracity of the Twain attribution. This post has been updated.

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  1. jfleck at inkstain » Fact Check on Aisle 3
    January 8th, 2010 @ 12:23 pm

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