'True story' Fox News viewers vote 6 to 1 to weaponize against aliens not solve global warming 1:28

underpants

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Sat Aug-20-11 10:48 AM
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'True story' Fox News viewers vote 6 to 1 to weaponize against aliens not solve global warming 1:28

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHaEw4JPpmM

Posted on YouTube: August 19, 2011
By YouTube Member: ThinkProgress6
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Posted on DU: August 20, 2011
By DU Member: underpants
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A new (supposedly) NASA-funded study postulating that aliens may attack humans over climate change had all the ingredients for a perfect Fox faux controversy � it bolstered their anti-science narrative, painted their opponents as clownish radicals, and highlighted wasteful government spending on a supposedly liberal casue. Fox reported the �news from NASA� several times several times today, presenting it as official �taxpayer funded research.� A chyron on Fox and Friends read: �NASA: Global warming may provoke an attack.�

But as Business Insider pointed out, they�re �wrong� � �That report was not funded by NASA. It was written by an independent group of scientists and bloggers. One of those happens to work at NASA.� NASA distanced itself from the report as well, calling reports linking the agency to it �not true.�

Not surprisingly, most suggested they research something else. But more than six times as many respondents (19 percent to 3 percent) said we should focus on building weapons to kill aliens before curbing greenhouse gases. Watch a compilation:

�Trust me folks, this story is hard to understand,� Fox and Friends host Gretchen Carlson said of the �NASA study.� Indeed.

http://thinkprogress.org/media/2011/08/19/300061/fox-poll-climate-change-aliens/

:rofl: Gretchen Carlson also once said that the storyline on SpongeBob is "hard to follow"

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jberryhill

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Sat Aug-20-11 12:17 PM
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1. I don't know if that's funny, sad, or horrifying

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underpants

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Sat Aug-20-11 12:43 PM
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3. A great example of the bubble within a bubble that Fox News circles itself in

This is one of those topics that someone brings up and everyone else wonders what the hell they are talking about. Inside the RW world this happens all the time.

I loved the third option - Scientists should get back to work making jobs - they do that? Well yeah they sort of do that but that option is a talking point inserted (spun) into their own phony story.

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avebury

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Sat Aug-20-11 02:14 PM
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4. Agreed nt

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saras

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Sat Aug-20-11 12:21 PM
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2. "aliens" may attack "humans"? I've heard of racist, but that's pushing it

I'm just picturing this immense wave of lowrider flying saucers coming up from Mexico, and these rednecks at the border shooting at them with their grandfather's old rifles and shotguns.

Sorry. Calling immigrants "aliens" seems to have confused me... I'm trying hard to give this story the seriousness it deserves, but I can't seem to help giving it too much.

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LongTomH

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Sat Aug-20-11 02:30 PM
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5. Someone said: "If aliens are so smart, why do they always abduct the dumbest people?"

And, how did they miss this bunch! :spray: :rofl:

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The Wizard

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Sat Aug-20-11 02:31 PM
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6. Fox News viewers are assholes

what's new?

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tooeyeten

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Sat Aug-20-11 02:55 PM
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8. nah

They're just dumb.

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tooeyeten

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Sat Aug-20-11 02:54 PM
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7. ET Shelters

Think of the business opportunities, this is the GOP answer to the jobs issue.

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AsahinaKimi

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Sat Aug-20-11 05:54 PM
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9. Fox News can Lie....

I am sure they just made this s*@t up.

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Mr Deltoid

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Sat Aug-20-11 09:01 PM
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10. NASA scientists should be focused on creating jobs?

What a bunch of sophomoric assholes.

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