CBS's Early Show Touts Government Banning Incandescent Light Bulbs

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:21:00 +0000

Kyle Drennen

At the top of the 7:30AM ET half hour on Monday's CBS Early Show, co-host Chris Wragge happily proclaimed: "After 130 years, [Thomas] Edison's invention is basically being phased out....The government is replacing the incandescent bulb with a much more energy efficient light."

'Today' Lights Up Your Life with Puff Piece on Replacing Bulbs

admin — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:51:55 +0000

Nathan Burchfiel

In the second installment of its “Today Goes Green” series telling you how to live your life, NBC’s “Today” show on January 23 promoted compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs), an efficient light bulb meant to replace traditional incandescent bulbs.

But like the first installment, on carpooling, which aired January 22, this “small step we can all take to help Mother Earth” is good enough for the average American viewer, but maybe not for the show’s hosts.

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CBS's Early Show Touts Government Banning Incandescent Light Bulbs

'Today' Lights Up Your Life with Puff Piece on Replacing Bulbs