CBS News, the makers of such hits as “DOGE will make you catch Ebola” and “DOGE will get you eaten by bears” have just submitted a new entry into the DOGE-fear mongering genre: DOGE will cause air pollution in underserved communities. Cute, for sure, but there is a Stacey Abrams-sized hole in their reporting on DOGE-cut EPA grants.
Watch as CBS finds a DOGE-cut program at the Environmental Protection Agency that they can report on (click “expand” to view transcript):
DAVID SCHECTER: Last year the EPA awarded Alicia Kendricks’ non-profit a half million dollars to continue monitoring the air in this Dallas neighborhood, where soot from diesel trains and the fumes from a shingle factory pushed pollution levels 2-3 times higher than the rest of the city.
ALICIA SCHECTER: This is about proof.
KENDRICKS: This is about proof.
SCHECTER: The…