Dan Rather Memorial Award for Stupidest Analysis
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"Not doing it [fighting global warming] will be catastrophic. We'll be eight degrees hotter in ten, not ten but in 30 or 40 years, and basically none of the crops will grow. Most of the people will have died and the rest of us will be cannibals. Civilization will have broken down."

— CNN founder Ted Turner on PBS's Charlie Rose, April 1, 2008.




"What do you think the bigger obstacle is for you in becoming president, the Clinton campaign machine or America's inherent racism?"

— ABC's Chris Cuomo to Barack Obama in a December 20, 2007 interview on Good Morning America.






"And now to our series, Global Warming: Global Warning. Could global warming one day force us into space to live?"

— ABC's Sam Champion teasing an upcoming segment on Good Morning America, February 8, 2008.






"Many Americans drive private cars not much smaller than this truck, and the risk is that they use their tax rebate simply to buy fuel, boosting the profits of the oil companies but doing little or nothing for the wider American economy."

— BBC correspondent Justin Webb standing next to an 18-wheel big rig in a story on BBC World, April 30, 2008.




Presenter


Mark Levin Presents the "Dan Rather Award for Stupidest Analysis."

Acceptor


Ed Meese Accepts the "Dan Rather Award for Stupidest Analysis."





Mark Levin Presents the "Dan Rather Award for Stupidest Analysis"
Ted Turner wins the "Dan Rather Award for Stupidest Analysis"
Ed Meese Accepts the "Dan Rather Award for Stupidest Analysis"