Could Al Gore share something in common with the Nutty Professor, loved mostly overseas?
” O’Brien did not mention that CEI has reportedly received funding from energy industry sources, including more than $2 million from the Exxon Mobil Corp. since 1998, as Media Matters has noted (here, here, here, and here). Media Matters has documented instances in which Collins and CNN Headline News host Glenn Beck have previously interviewed Horner without noting this fact. According to the blog Think Progress, Exxon Mobil no longer provides funding to CEI. O’Brien later stated that “British pollster Peter Kellner also says Europeans are less likely to question science and scientists, and 90 percent of Europeans believe global warming is a clear and present danger. Americans are split down the middle.” After the segment aired on CNN Newsroom, Collins asked: “So, what’s the deal? I mean, is it really fair to say that Europeans are that much more concerned about global warming than Americans?” O’Brien responded: O’BRIEN: I think so, Heidi. I mean, I think what you have in the United St