Kathleen
Oil Deal Report Questioned as to it's Validity
Today, Sep 2, Tom LLamas Evening News reported on the Venezuelan/US Oil Deal. I thought this was extremely misleading. My understanding is that it will take a long time to get oil out of the ground, that the infrastructure currrently cannot support retrieval unless it is rebuilt at great cost and that the oil corporations are not sure they want to participate, that it will be high in sulphur and need to be refined at special refineries (US refineries that can do this are located in the US but are extremely busy and fully operating now.) and that it will take a long time for this oil to be available as gas for the public. I don't care what Trump says as he is not honest about stating a change in gas price at the gas pumps by November. It will be much longer then this. I am upset and disappointed with NBC News as I feel that the broadcast was not honest about the deal and what it means to the average American at the gas pump. I expected NBC News to report an unbiased honest report. Now I am not sure I can believe NBC News and I will find it difficult to believe what else is being reported from now on. I am extremely disappointed as I felt that NBC News was my news program to listen to. Maybe the report was pandering to Trump and a fear of angering him. This is sad. A free press is essential to our democracy. I challenge NBC News to respond to this review and prove that what I have said about the Deal is untrue. I am willing to listen and state that I am wrong.


