First, lemme say that I agree with you, R - including your rant against That Other FOX.

Second... I'm only half-serious here, since I suspect this scenario is too sophisticated for FOX's executives, let alone the gummint. . . BUT - I suspect the "teledrama" will be so lame, and the "science" behind it so preposterous, that many viewers will react as Tom fears they might*, but in the other direction.

That is, they will scoff at the entire notion of climate change due to global warming, simply because a TV-movie stinks to high heaven.

I suspect, deep down, that's why NASA issued that memo... They want to be able to dissociate themselves as much as possible from the script, in the hopes their scientific credibility isn't spattered by the general audience's barfing.

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* - To be fair, all Tom said was that movies of this type can have political impact. He didn't specify which way this one might go, nor which way he'd rather it go. For all I know, he's as convinced of the reality of global warming as we are - but I doubt it.