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RAHfanboy
12/04/08

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It is no longer possible economically for them to prop up the scaremongering hoax that is man-made global cooling/warming/climate change. NBC is doing something similar with the Weather Channel. They fired that "climate change" crew right in the middle of NBC's "Green Week." Good riddance.

That being said, does CNN need an entire division for Miles O'Brien to do a science report now and again? Perhaps he could perform what they used to call "journalism" back in the old days.
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twDarkflame
12/04/08

@RAHfanboy for one, welcomes his Marxist overlords.: Yes! We must get rid of all sciencetests pointing out pesky evidence to the public!

THAT will help our economy.
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RAHfanboy
12/04/08

@twDarkflame: Their ratings are plummeting, largely because of a mindless adherence to a liberal bias not backed up by the facts. The public is on to them. Join us.
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Pessimippopotamus
12/03/08

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CNN's crap anyway.
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Elizabeth Weinbloom
12/03/08

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I guess they figure their reporter holograms are plenty enough "science" for them?
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Shai_Hulud
12/03/08

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No!!! Miles o'Brian is my favorite CNN personality! Does this mean they're canning him, too? I really think the morning news team is practically unwatchable since he and Soledad left. John Roberts is so weirdly uncharismatic and has no Kyran has absolutely no chemistry with anybody. But, I still love you Kyra and Wolf. Wow, I need to consider watching some other channels sometime, I think.
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Shai_Hulud
12/03/08

@Shai_Hulud: Bad english. bah.
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Annalee Newitz
12/03/08

@Shai_Hulud: Yup, Miles O'Brian is no longer with CNN.
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bonniegrrl
12/03/08

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Meanwhile, CNN will be letting us know the location of Britney Spears every hour on the hour.
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Mav
12/03/08

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*head bang*

God, ever feel like you are THE ONLY PERSON IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY who makes any god damned sense?

Yeah, sort of how I feel.
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twDarkflame
12/03/08

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I would be amazed people arnt fleeing out of America frankly, with the way the country is going downhill.

However, I recently found out how much your govenment charges for a passport :P

"The network's environmental coverage will continue through the Planet in Peril"

This is just terrible.

Its like saying enviromental issues cant possibly be real news, so lets put it to one side in a program which no dought will hype and scaremonger, while making an easy target to help skeptics to dismiss the real issues.
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Moff
12/03/08

@twDarkflame: Not to say that this is any reason to overlook or—gah—endorse this kind of thing, but even with CNN making cuts like this, I'm still pretty sure that quality of life in the U.S. is superior to that in most of the places one could flee to.
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Thunderpimp
12/03/08

@Moff: Maybe once upon a time, but the US has been steadily sinking on most "quality of life" indexes. It's not even in the top 10 anymore. See: [www.economist.com]

The rest of the world is moving on into the 21st century while America is still living in the 1970's. We're no better educated (we're collectively -and- individually dumber); no healthier (Cuba has better healthcare); no happier (highest incidence rate of depression in the world).

But we have the world's largest military (if the Department of Defense were a country, it would be one of the top 30 economies ON EARTH), the cheapest @#$%ing gas you can buy and the most inefficient cars on Earth to burn it with!

Heck, Ford is making a 60+ MPG car that ISN'T A HYBRID. Will we ever see it? Ha! No way! European exclusive.

If by "superior than most" you mean "inferior to the best dozen, but better than, say, Angola" then, yes, you are correct.
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Moff
12/03/08

@Thunderpimp: Actually, yes, that is what I meant. Strictly square-mileage-wise, there are still many, many worse places to be.

Which, again, is not an endorsement of things as they stand in the U.S.
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