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[Rex]

1. Ugh. I HATE authoritarians!

[KamaAina]

2. Ain't gonna happen.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024643469

Reliable Sources Anchor Brian Stelter inquired if Tyson thought the media had a responsibility in portraying science correctly, particularly when discussing controversial issues such as climate change. Tyson replied that the media was giving “equal time to the flat-earthers.”

“The media has to sort of come out of this ethos that I think was in principle a good one, but it doesn’t really apply in science,” Tyson said. “The ethos was, whatever story you give, you have to give the opposing view. And then you can be viewed as balanced.”

BAM!

[Fantastic Anarchist]

11. I like this comment from the original link:

Let's give them equal time, only if they edit the bible to include evolution and give evolution equal time in every church in the whole country. Seems to me it should go both ways.

In other words, not a snowball's chance.

[lob1]

29. I think Pat Robertson's tv show should have an atheist cohost.

Balance, balance, balance.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

41. His face would get even more wrinkly!

Love it.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Somebody tell them that there's no loner a Fairness Doctrine for TV.

[JoePhilly]

4. My Astrologist is also demanding equal time.

[Chiyo-chichi]

5. Neil deGrasse Tyson on episode 2:

"Some claim that evolution is just a theory, as if it were merely an opinion. The theory of evolution -- like the theory of gravity -- is a scientific fact. Evolution really happened. Accepting our kinship with all life on Earth is not only solid science. In my view, it’s also a soaring spiritual experience."

http://www.thewire.com/culture/2014/03/neil-degrasse-tyson-addresses-creationists-evolution-fears-cosmos/359223/

[Gothmog]

30. That was great

I remember this segment from the second episode. I expected to hear heads exploding all over Texas

[2banon]

6. Their sniveling is both pathetic and hilarious!

“Boy, but when you have so many scientists who simply do not accept Darwinian evolution, it seems to me that that might be something to throw in there, you know, the old, ‘some scientists say this, others disagree and think this,’ but that’s not even allowed,” she said.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

14. Project Steve

Project Steve



Edit to add:

"A Scientific Support for Darwinism received signatures at a rate 697,000 percent higher than the Discovery Institute's petition, A Scientific Dissent from Darwinism"

As CNN would say, "Too close to call."

[longship]

28. And of course, the Project Steve Song.

Recorded by Australia Radio National's Science Show host, Robyn Williams. A Monty Pythonesque delite.

[Gothmog]

31. This is great

[Fantastic Anarchist]

7. Sure, as soon as you start demanding the Fairness Doctrine be reinstated ...

... we'll entertain your idea of equal time.

Not before then, assholes.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

8. “Boy, but when you have so many scientists who simply do not accept Darwinian evolution ..."

Well, that's because if they don't understand evolution, then they aren't scientists.

[maxsolomon]

40. They throw in 'Darwinian' to confuse the issue

yes, some scientists think that Darwin didn't nail it down perfectly in the 1st attempt. You disingenuous cretins.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

42. The nerve of the guy not getting it right the first time!

[Brigid]

9. Creationists get plenty of opportunity to air their views.

This is Tyson's domain. Kids -- and adults -- need a place to actually learn science, since the schools can't teach it anymore thanks to these clowns.

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. The earth was not created in 6000 years

And you deserve nothing approaching equal time on national media. Now you want to speak of this in church, that is where it belongs.

And many scientists rejecting Evolution....you sure they are scientists?

[Spirochete]

12. Are they gonna put Tyson on the 700 club?

I didn't think so...

[LiberalAndProud]

13. I find this demand as repugnant as teaching creationism in schools.

If I want religious programming, I'll tune into ABN. I am so fed up with this nonsense of trying to pedal the Bible as a science book, I could spit.

[FSogol]

15. LOL: They already have equal time in Sunday School. n/t

[AgingAmerican]

16. Balance doesn't exist in the scientific world

The scientific world doesn't operate like FOX news.

[Gothmog]

32. There is no balance on Fox News

Fox News is not fair or balanced

[AgingAmerican]

33. True but...

...try convincing a Republican of that.

[KittyWampus]

37. Reality has a well know liberal bias.

[Cleita]

17. There are about ten religious channels on my menu and

pseudo science channels like Discover and TLC. They can have equal time on those channels. No one is stopping them.

[valerief]

18. Why would a science show feature religion? Oh, I see, because the fundy nutsos

want it.

[sharp_stick]

19. I love the fact that he's so

effective that it's pissing them off.

I hope the rest of the series is equally intelligent and infuriating to the assholes at Answers in Genesis and The Discovery Institute.

[dogknob]

20. The fact that this got any coverage at all is your "balance." There ya go... n/t

[MisterP]

21. and Planarism? and Firmamentism?!

[malaise]

22. Uppercase Effing No

Let them produce their own freaking program. I won't watch that crap.

[WillyT]

23. Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha !!!

Hell... give it to them. Would be comedy gold!

[South_Street]

26. This is the correct answer...

Overcharge em for production costs, funnel the excess to STEM education and watch the program flop...

[Warpy]

24. Let them rail against it in their churches

because that's the only place their horse shit belongs.

[Turbineguy]

25. Not a bad idea!

So as a teacher, I can sit down halfway through my lecture and the biggest idiot the school can find can take over the class for balance.

[Vincardog]

27. Let them have it ASA they show any scientific proof of their belief.

[KatyaR]

34. Because it's about SCIENCE.

If you don't like it, it doesn't automatically mean you get to make a rebuttal.

Suck it up, and just remember--it you don't believe in science, you DON'T GET HEALTHCARE.

[TBF]

35. Belief is not science -

two different animals.

I respect those with different beliefs and they sure have a big influence on the culture down here in Texas. But that does not make their beliefs science. If they have something to offer that stands up to peer review I am happy to take a look.

[KittyWampus]

36. Neil is my TV crush… mover over Stephen Colbert! He could make it a teachable moment

a very watchable moment.

The camera does love that man.

[NickB79]

38. To summarize in one long sentence:

People who don't believe science, demand equal time on a science program, because scientists are being mean to them for doing science stuff.

[Swede Atlanta]

39. I think there is are many channels for that.....

Go on the 700 Club or any of the local access stations to promote your faith.

I am actually surprised how much the History Channel and NatGeo have programs about the Bible, etc. It is kind of a soft peddling of these religious beliefs.