CNN seems to be going out there way to show us how in bed they are with the Corporations, Special Interests and the Republicans. Which means, like a propagandist outlet, they say anything to help their cause. Like FOX, if the facts don't support their agenda, they just make it up.
So what did CNN do when former Vietnam Vet, Reporter, Congressman, Senator, Vice President, President Elect, Award Winning Television Network Founder and World Reknown Environmentalist accepted his Nobel Peace Prize this week? They compared him to Jerry Lewis as the Nutty Professor.
Hard to believe, but true. And, on top of that, they bring on a Special Interest talking head to give weight to that ridiculous comparison and claim, along with what they give as reason, because they claim he seems more popular in Europe than in our own country.
"CNN compared Gore to Jerry Lewis; Miles O'Brien said Gore "may be the Nutty Professor"
Summary: On American Morning and CNN Newsroom, Veronica De La Cruz, Heidi Collins, Miles O'Brien, and Competitive Enterprise Institute senior fellow Chris Horner all compared Al Gore to Jerry Lewis, with De La Cruz stating that "like Jerry Lewis in France and David Hasselhoff in Germany, Al Gore seems to be more popular in Europe than he is here in the United States." During a report on Gore receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, which included a clip of Lewis in The Nutty Professor, O'Brien said, "[President] Bush's approval rating in Europe? About 12 to 15 percent. Al Gore may be the Nutty Professor, but whichever side of the ocean he is on, he is still faring better than the man who beat him seven years ago.""
Maybe we should ask how the weather was on their vacation in Venus. It seems to have fried their brains.
How dare they try to diminish Mr. Gore, his standing, his accomplishments, his goal to save our planet from man made destruction and the admiration, love and respect we in our own country have for this visionary Statesman, besides the rest of the world. All to basically be the mouth piece of the people looking to destroy our environment and human life for money and power. How disgusting is that?
During segments on the December 10 editions of CNN's American Morning and CNN Newsroom, hosts Veronica De La Cruz and Heidi Collins, CNN chief environment correspondent Miles O'Brien, and Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) senior fellow Chris Horner all compared former Vice President Al Gore to comedian Jerry Lewis, with De La Cruz stating that "like Jerry Lewis in France and David Hasselhoff in Germany, Al Gore seems to be more popular in Europe than he is here in the United States." A taped report on Gore receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo that CNN aired on both American Morning and CNN Newsroom included a clip of Lewis in The Nutty Professor. O'Brien later said, "[President] Bush's approval rating in Europe? About 12 to 15 percent. Al Gore may be the Nutty Professor, but whichever side of the ocean he is on, he is still faring better than the man who beat him seven years ago." Introducing the same segment on the 9 a.m. ET hour of CNN Newsroom, Collins stated: "And our Miles O'Brien is in Norway, where he discovered the former vice president has something in common with comedian Jerry Lewis."
On CNN Newsroom, O'Brien also stated that "[y]ou have, especially in conservative circles, a lot of skepticism about the scientific process and science." O'Brien later added: "It's viewed as almost a political arm of the liberal side of things, whereas here in Europe, they see scientists as something from the ivory tower, something very different. Couple that with the fact that in the U.S., the oil and gas industry was -- has been successful over the years in muddying the waters on the science and, of course, you've got a former oil man in the Oval Office." However, O'Brien noted on October 12 -- the day it was announced that Gore and the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) were to receive the Nobel Peace Prize -- that "there really isn't a scientific debate anymore on [global warming]."
Barnett R. Rubin, a senior fellow at New York University's Center on International Cooperation, first noted O'Brien's comments on his Daily Kos diary.
The taped portion of the segment prominently featured several quotes from Horner, whom O'Brien identified as a "global-warming skeptic." Horner said Gore "is clearly more popular there than here. But as you open, so is Jerry Lewis." Following Horner's quote, a clip of The Nutty Professor appeared, and then O'Brien asked, "Jerry Lewis? Could Al Gore share something in common with the Nutty Professor, loved mostly overseas?"
O'Brien did not mention that CEI has reportedly received funding from energy industry sources, including more than $2 million from the Exxon Mobil Corp. since 1998, as Media Matters has noted (here, here, here, and here). Media Matters has documented instances in which Collins and CNN Headline News host Glenn Beck have previously interviewed Horner without noting this fact. According to the blog Think Progress, Exxon Mobil no longer provides funding to CEI.
O'Brien later stated that "British pollster Peter Kellner also says Europeans are less likely to question science and scientists, and 90 percent of Europeans believe global warming is a clear and present danger. Americans are split down the middle."
After the segment aired on CNN Newsroom, Collins asked: "So, what's the deal? I mean, is it really fair to say that Europeans are that much more concerned about global warming than Americans?" O'Brien responded:
O'BRIEN: I think so, Heidi. I mean, I think what you have in the United States is kind of a perfect storm. You have, especially in conservative circles, a lot of skepticism about the scientific process and science.
It's viewed as almost a political arm of the liberal side of things, whereas here in Europe, they see scientists as something from the ivory tower, something very different. Couple that with the fact that in the U.S., the oil and gas industry was -- has been successful over the years in muddying the waters on the science and, of course, you've got a former oil man in the Oval Office.
All that kind of a perfect storm in the U.S., whereas here, none of those factors were in play. And as a result, there's -- Al Gore really, as he's here, is preaching to the choir.
I will not post the other ugly things CNN and their guest's disgusting remarks and slander made. You can see what was said here.
Or, watch the video, in amazement, on that same link.
And while CNN acts as the mouth piece of those very people polluting our planet and trying to stop progress in Mr. Gore and the rest of the committed individuals who are trying to solve this Climate Crisis for the rest of us, I would like to acknowledge the unwavering spine on such a strong world Leader, Mr. Gore, who just confronted and spoke to the 187 countries in attendance at the UN Climate Conference in Bali.
Al Gore's oratory electrifies Bali summit
Thursday, 13 December , 2007, 20:05
Bali: In a speech likely to go down in history as an oratorical milestone in the fight against global warming, Al Gore, former US vice-president and co-winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize, electrified the December 3-14 UN conference on climate change on its penultimate evening on Thursday.
Clearly speaking from his heart, Gore exhorted the nearly 11,000 delegates from 187 countries gathered here for the summit to bypass the US government delegation that is threatening to derail the entire Bali roadmap to start global negotiations that will help fight global warming.
Pointing out that climate change was already here, that it was no longer a matter that would affect future generations but was affecting the present one, Gore quoted the famous lines from the Nazi era: "First they came for the Jews and I did not do anything; then they came for the gypsies and I did not do anything; then they came for the neighbours and I did not do anything; when they came for me there was nobody to do anything for me."
Al Gore: I speak to you as a person, a father, a grandfather. I speak to you as someone who for 40 years has tried to understand this crisis and for 30 years, to communicate it-to communicate about it, clearly. I also speak to you as an American. As a citizen of the United States. I'm not an official of the United States and I'm not bound by the diplomatic niceties. (laughter) SO, I am going to speak an Inconvenient Truth. My own country, the United States, is principly responsible for obstructing progress here, in Bali (cheers and applause)-we ALL KNOW THAT. But, my country is not the only one that can take steps to insure we move forward from Bali with progress and hope (applause).
It will be a small group of people that will be the change for all of us.
Al Gore: 'We are seeing the early stages of he first Global PEOPLE Power movement. There will be a mass movement world wide."
And now, I leave you with this inspiring 52 minute speech to the Bali Delegation that Mr. Gore just gave. Well, this software doesn't like the embedded link, so here it is. From the UN's archived video website.
rtsp://webcast.un.org/ondemand/conferences/unfccc/2007/hl/unfccc-071213pm-algore-orig.rm
And, if you have the means, show CNN we can beat them. Good will trump bad and share this video link with every one possible.
First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win. by Mahatma Gandhi.