Todd, like most Climate alarmism "journalists", are little more than transmission belts for the dumbed down political tropes of a culture elite. Like most hand-maiden journalists Todd obtains his physic reward in social approval from his betters - the coveted crumbs of their bare acceptance of a second rate mind posing as informed.
Is Todd even bright enough to know he is a scamster selling a strawman? After all, he is a college dropout from poly sci, former political worker, and self-created television "journalist" whose an expert in nothing. Still, its obvious that he is an archetypical climate alarmism trickster.
Todd's disingenuousness is in his opening monologue. Initially he claims that he is (only) excluding global warming science deniers. Then without the slightest awareness, he says in the interests of representing "settled science" he wants to "thoroughly talk about" the effects of global warming with a panel of NON-SCIENTISTS representing the "expertise" of a politician, two former Obama bureaucrats, and another CNN axe-grinding journalist. Except for one scientist from NASA these so-called "experts" aren't qualified to present anything other than their own ignorance of science.
Todd's intent is clear; his intent was create a false choice, to ban anyone who might actually acknowledge climate change but was not on board with climate alarmist consquences. Not because the consequences are settled science, but because for Todd and millions like him they want a simple-minded, binary, dumbed down false choice: if you believe in human caused global warming THEN you MUST believe its a world crisis.
So nothing would have spoiled Todd's echo chamber more than allowing scientists, environmentalists, or economists who were not denialists or even skeptics, but also not overly alarmed. Intelligence is the enemy of popular propaganda journalism, and Todd is its poster boy.
And this guy thinks he represents science?
