I have an SUV, and I feel guilty about it, ABC reporter Bill Weir
confessed to liberal activist Laurie David. Absolving him of his
venial environmental sin, David counseled Weir on his penance, Next
time you're ready for a new car, think about a change.
But before hitting the Toyota dealership for a Prius, Weir did David a service when he plugged Earth to America, a TBS special she helped produce which airs Sunday, November 20 from 8 to 10 p.m.
Not only did Weir promote a two-hour program in direct competition with his networks hit shows Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and Desperate Housewives, he failed to challenge any of the celebrities with whom he chatted about their views on global warming.
Weir stated as a given that virtually all of science agrees our planet is changing, but the arguments on global warming, said Weir, are over the reasons why. He didnt explain that many scientists dispute parts of Davids climate change mantra. Nor did he bother to question the idea that global warming is as the Earth to America special claims a manmade problem.
Instead, the ABC correspondent matter-of-factly introduced his segment saying the stars of the TBS special, have the toughest ticket in town, in their quest to save the planet.
Although Weir argued that most of the performances try to stay nonpartisan in an attempt to motivate both red and blue America, the celebrities he featured in his report exhibited classic Hollywood liberal guilt. For example, former Seinfeld star Jason Alexander proudly noted that he clothed his infants in cloth, not disposable diapers while comedian Bill Maher equated driving SUVs with funding terrorism.
Earth to America will be the second media coup in as many weeks for David, the wife of Seinfeld co-creator Larry David, whom Weir labeled the mastermind behind the special.
Last week Mrs. David was a featured special guest alongside environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in The Heat Is On, a Fox News special which temporarily shelved the networks fair and balanced rubric to showcase only liberal environmental activists.
But before hitting the Toyota dealership for a Prius, Weir did David a service when he plugged Earth to America, a TBS special she helped produce which airs Sunday, November 20 from 8 to 10 p.m.
Not only did Weir promote a two-hour program in direct competition with his networks hit shows Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and Desperate Housewives, he failed to challenge any of the celebrities with whom he chatted about their views on global warming.
Weir stated as a given that virtually all of science agrees our planet is changing, but the arguments on global warming, said Weir, are over the reasons why. He didnt explain that many scientists dispute parts of Davids climate change mantra. Nor did he bother to question the idea that global warming is as the Earth to America special claims a manmade problem.
Instead, the ABC correspondent matter-of-factly introduced his segment saying the stars of the TBS special, have the toughest ticket in town, in their quest to save the planet.
Although Weir argued that most of the performances try to stay nonpartisan in an attempt to motivate both red and blue America, the celebrities he featured in his report exhibited classic Hollywood liberal guilt. For example, former Seinfeld star Jason Alexander proudly noted that he clothed his infants in cloth, not disposable diapers while comedian Bill Maher equated driving SUVs with funding terrorism.
Earth to America will be the second media coup in as many weeks for David, the wife of Seinfeld co-creator Larry David, whom Weir labeled the mastermind behind the special.
Last week Mrs. David was a featured special guest alongside environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in The Heat Is On, a Fox News special which temporarily shelved the networks fair and balanced rubric to showcase only liberal environmental activists.
