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Are You In Gringrich's "Media Elite?" It Depends On Your Alternative Energy Views

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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks to the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference


Bashing the  “media elite” has become a standard theme in former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s campaign speeches.
But just who is the media elite? Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter Karen Langley asked Gingrich for a definition when the Republican presidential hopeful campaigned in Cumberland County this weekend.
His definition, you may be surprised to learn, has a lot to do with alternative energy proposals:

“I’ll give you a real simple test,” Gingrich said. “Do you automatically assume that Obama’s right? Chris Matthews wake up every morning saying I wonder what wonderful thing Obama’s going to say today. So if you wake up skeptical and wondering –”
He returned to an example from his speech this afternoon, when he made fun of President Obama for saying the country could replace some of its imported oil with gasoline and diesel derived from algae.
“If you think that’s weird, you’re not in the elite media,” he said. “If you think, gosh, that would be wonderful, if only we could have algae, then you’re probably in the elite media. I’ll let you define yourself.”

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