This is starting to sound like a broken record, but we've been more than critical of our local media's coverage of the happenings at Chesapeake Energy. While Forbes compares the natural gas giant to Enron, and Rolling Stone and the US government warns of the environmental and safety concerns of hydraulic fracking, The Oklahoman and other local outlets make you think the only thing coming out of the Chesapeake campus is sunshine, soda pop and free blow jobs.
Well, another damaging article about the company, and specifically CEO Aubrey McClendon, has been released. This time it comes from the respected news agency Reuters. In a special investigative report, they have learned that: