Fox News Confused, Baffled By The Moon
July 28, 2011 12:51 pm ET by Simon Maloy
The ancient Aztecs believed that the moon was the severed head of the goddess Coyolxauhqui. According to legend, the deity led an attack on her pregnant mother, Coatlicue, only to be confronted by Huitzilopochtli, who sprang fully armored from Coatlicue's womb, decapitated his half-sister, and threw her head into the night sky.
Apparently, this legend is just about on par scientifically with Fox News' understanding of the moon.
Yesterday, Fox News anchor Jon Scott invited Bill Nye ("The Science Guy") to talk about newly discovered volcanism on the moon. Scott, for reasons that aren't entirely clear, asked if the existence of a volcano on the moon somehow casts doubt on climate change science: "It's not like we've been up there burning fossil fuels." Nye, clearly taken by surprise, patiently and slowly explained to Scott that, no, volcanoes have nothing to do with fossil fuels:
Scott's lunar confusion comes on the heels of celebrated astrophysicist Bill O'Reilly's famous query: "How'd the moon get there? Who put it there?" O'Reilly, you'll recall, had argued that the rising and falling of the tides prove the existence of God, and was lashing out at the "pinheads" who rightly noted that the moon's gravity was actually responsible for tidal movement. And the moon, it turns out, most likely "got there" when a huge celestial body collided with earth about 50 million years after it first formed, ejecting loads of debris into space which accreted into what today we know as the moon.
The question now is why Fox News is having such monumental and comical trouble adhering to basic scientific facts about the moon. I'm afraid we may never know -- as O'Reilly famously put it: "You can't explain that."
I think Fox News likes being Stupid & having a Kanipshit
Just look at "Billo the Comb-Over", Only a Muslim can be a Terrorist?
Apologise to Andrea Mackris Billo & proclaim above your Wife that she is the fairest.
Speak truth to power.
Mr. News
So bad verse is loved by Mr. News.
He thinks he's a wit--he's wrong by half.
Speak truth to power? Don't make me laugh.
Speak truth to lousy versifiers.
Mr. Bemusedly
I have very little to say. But If I were asked for a response to that, this is the best, clearest i can possibly manage:
WINDMILLS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY.
But the usual argument I hear against wind and solar energy is "the wind don't blow" and "the sun don't shine" all the time. When I bring up "Smart Grids", they go really stupid, "government telling me when to wash clothes!" and "Al Gore ponzi scheme to make zillions!!"
Fox has dumbed these people down to imbeciles and I have no sympathy for most of them.
But ahh, the ridiculousness. Fox is on the 'blocked' list of channels at home, for sure. Kudos to Bill Nye for his monumental patience.
1. How far is up?
2. If Optimus Prime, Mothra and Godzilla all fought, who would win?
3. If a dog can hear a dog whistle, why can't penny hear a penny whistle?
4. Do squirrels have souls?
5. Is stupid is as stupid does?
7. Why does one play at a recital, but recite at a play?
9. What had he done to deserve this bounty?
10. Does God exist?
11. Who invented liquid soap and why?
13. Why do we call Wednesday "Hump Day", when most people do that on the weekends?
14. Where did they get all the clothes on Gilligan's Island? Who packs that much for a three hour tour?
15. Follow-up to #14: If the professor could build a golf cart for the Howells and make a radio out of coconuts, why could he just fix the (bleep)in' boat?
Someone call Bill-o!
The rebuttal was from the owner of Jack's Slax Shack who concluded that the rats in the study were sneaking out and drinking a lot of diet Coke.
Scott was probably fumbling around in his binary little brain and pulled out that little bit of irrelevant bullsh*t and combined it with Blimpy's frequent statement that volcanoes cause more global warming than people do.
It makes sense if you don't think about it.
That's a defense, that he can't even get a fallacious (affirmation of the consequent) argument right?
That level of stupidity coupled with anger is a very dangerous mix. And Fox News just keeps egging them on.
The poor guy had probably been suffering through the segment, anxiously awaiting an opportunity to fulfill Sammon's orders to say something, anything, negative about climate change, figured time was running short, and had to throw something out there.
I wonder if his producers will be upset with his ham-fisted hackery. Maybe they'll just be happy that he tried.
Why did we invent that thing anyway? It feels like a mistake.
You would be broke by now if you actually paid off on such bets.
What?
Bill "Baffled" me with science!
This may be my favorite headline ever on MMFA. I picture O'Reilly, Hannity, and the others grunting frantically and throwing rocks at the moon.
Gods help us.
It's great Fox is providing him with another venue for his unique talents.
I think Fox News should be re-named "The Jethro Network".
LUNACY
Which pretty much explains EVERYTHIGN ELSE abotu them as well!
MUST BE A FULL MOON OUT!
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UTOPIA