Scientific American Editor Claims Fox Told Him Ixnay on the Climate Change

Scientific American editor Michael Moyer appeared on Fox & Friends Wednesday to chat about tech trends. The number one trend he pitched before appearing: climate change. According to Moyer, Fox’s response was “try again.”

Fox & Friends producer wanted to talk about future trends. I said #1 will be impacts of climate change. I was told to pick something else.

— Michael Moyer (@mmoyr) April 30, 2014

Doesn’t sound like Moyer was too happy to be there in the first place:

Went on Fox & Friends this morning. Kinda feel like I should take a shower. http://t.co/SjlFBPE0QE

— Michael Moyer (@mmoyr) April 30, 2014

I couldn’t sit in the Fox & Friends greenroom beforehand b/c watching the show made me crazy. Every single segment was anti-Obama agitprop.

— Michael Moyer (@mmoyr) April 30, 2014

Mediaite has asked Fox for comment, and will update this post accordingly and the network’s SVP of Programming Suzanne Scott replied:

“We invited Michael on for a segment on technological and scientific trends we can expect in the future. We worked closely with him and his team and there was never an issue on the topic of climate change. To say he was told specifically not to discuss it, would be false.”

You can watch what did make it on the air — namely, Brian Kilmeade asking about space football — below, via Fox News:

[h/t Talking Points Memo]
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