“Gasland” Creator Cuffed at Public Hearing

WASHINGTON—Documentary filmmaker Josh Fox was cuffed by Capitol Hill police after Republicans objected to his presence at yesterday’s meeting of the House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.

Fox said he had hoped to film Wednesday’s hearing as part of a follow-up to his Academy Award-nominated “Gasland”—a film that received mass critical acclaim for its revealing glimpse into the destructive practice of hydraulic fracking. Fracking has been linked to ecosystem destruction and groundwater pollution. The energy industry keeps the actual content of fracking chemicals a secret. (Likely because they turn our taps into fire-breathing monsters.)  

“This is a public hearing, and within my First Amendment rights I’m being taken out,” Fox said, as Chief Wiggum and his buddy showed him the door.