yeah, this is what the science says. you put the carbon in the atmosphere. the republican party is not there and that distance creates all sorts of problems, both for reporters but also the republican party. >> it does for the reporters and we need more and more of them to just say, you know, if we're going to have a political debate, you can quote them in a political context. if we're going to have a scientific debate, leave them out of it because that's not part of science. i think the bbc is doing the right thing and i think, you know, it would create such a firestorm here, again, because it's all wrapped in partisan anger. if the "the new york times" had -- >> had put out a memo. >> yeah. >> it's funny -- >> there would be protests outside right now. >> i had retroactively constructed a similar memo and asked the segment producer working on that -- i was like, sure, the "times" put out something like that, but it appears they have never. i think they've sort of changed their practice. >> yeah. the public editor maybe has addressed it. but there's no need to be giving these people a national platform. they deserve it because it's not science. >> eric boehlert. of media matters. thank you. what would it take to leave