CNN anchor Bill Weir didn’t mince words in his assessment of a Fox Nation post.
“Climate Doesn’t Cooperate With Al Gore Group’s Visit to Denver EPA Hearings,” read the headline of a post on Fox News’ opinion and aggregation site. The story, from the Washington Times, noted that while Gore’s group has linked global warming to hot temperatures, Denver was 58 degress and rainy on the day of the hearings.
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To which Weir replied on Twitter: “Weather is not climate, you willfully ignorant fucksticks.”
CNN had no immediate comment on Wednesday’s tweet, which has received more than 241 retweets and 215 likes as of this writing. Nor did Fox News.
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There was no indication Weir’s account, which often includes lively jokes and commentary, was hacked. And Weir did not take the post down.