CBS 'Global Warming Special' Host Likened Warming Skeptics to Holocaust Deniers
While most of the country was watching the Green Bay Packers play the New York Giants, CBS aired an hour-long, severely one-sided special about the threat of global warming. The special was hosted by CBS's Scott Pelley. In January 2007, Pelley was asked why he refused to include global warming skeptics in his reporting. He responded, "If I do an interview with [Holocaust survivor] Elie Wiesel, am I required as a journalist to find a Holocaust denier?" The January 20 CBS special attacked the Bush White House for not being willing to sign the Kyoto Protocol after he was elected - ...