Martin Sheen Pimps Himself for Anti-Frackers

No one has ever mistaken actor Martin Sheen for someone who's actually smart. He's a good actor, but not that good! However, Sheen is pleasant enough to watch, especially as he ages. And he has a nice voice--perfect for voice over work. So Sheen supplements the long periods when the phone doesn't ring by pimping himself out to liberal/loony causes. The latest "Martin for hire" work is playing now--an "expose" on fracking. Apparently the program airing the so-called expose is called Breakthroughs--a semi-regular series on PBS narrated by Sheen, who dutifully reads what is set before him--outright lies, big huge whopper lies, and smaller insidious lies--but all lies. Sheen doesn't care he's lying to you--he's getting paid by whomever. For the fracking episode Sheen is being paid by the rabidly anti-drilling Environment America to pedal their pap to the snooty crowd that watches public television...

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