High octane price vapors

Head for the hills. Gas prices are over $3 — just make sure you carpool.

That’s the message network Chicken Littles are telling viewers as they hype so-called “record prices” and warn of an economic cataclysm tied to $4-, $5- or $6-a-gallon gasoline. Diane Sawyer even linked the prospect of pain at the pump to the idea of another stock market crash.


“Will runaway gas prices keep soaring, and did you know that the stock market has hit a milestone reminiscent of what happened before the big crash?” she asked during the May 8, 2007, “Good Morning America.”

Since Jan. 1, 2005, ABC, CBS and NBC pretended we’re on the highway to hell. Instead of giving us decent directions, all they did was hit the gas. They’ve warned us 59 times that “$4 a gallon gas could easily be on the horizon,” as CBS’ “The Early Show” reported on July 13, 2006. The morning and evening news shows also said more than 20 times that gas could hit $5, $6 or even higher.

Washington Times