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Maria Popova
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@brainpicker

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Maria PopovaVerified account ‏@brainpicker 18 Mar 2014

Holy Sagan. Fox affiliate station in Oklahoma edits out Neil deGrasse Tyson's mention of evolution in #COSMOS http://j.mp/1cVpx78  #sigh

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    1. Tom Huff ‏@THuff7 18 Mar 2014

      2014. :-/ MT “@brainpicker: Holy Sagan. Fox station in Oklahoma edits out Neil Tyson's mention of evolution. #COSMOS http://j.mp/1cVpx78 "

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    2. James B McGarvey III ‏@jamesmcgarvey3 18 Mar 2014

      @THuff7 @brainpicker So, does that mean @SethMacFarlane was prescient when he had "Cosmos : edited for rednecks" on Family Guy. #Gooddduh

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    3. James B McGarvey III ‏@jamesmcgarvey3 18 Mar 2014

      @THuff7 @brainpicker @SethMacFarlane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI9ImScQGAo … just in case people need a visual aid....

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    4. Tom Huff ‏@THuff7 18 Mar 2014

      @jamesmcgarvey3 @brainpicker @SethMacFarlane Hahaha!! I'm gonna laugh all night!

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    5. James B McGarvey III ‏@jamesmcgarvey3 18 Mar 2014

      @THuff7 @brainpicker @SethMacFarlane Then my job here is done. For now. :)

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    1. Global Weirding ‏@GlobalWeirding 7 Apr 2014

      @brainpicker Why are they so scared of evolution, and science more generally?

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  1. Ian Ramjohn ‏@iramjohn 19 Mar 2014

    @brainpicker Luckily they didn't do it with episode 2, or we'd just have seen one long series of awkwardly inserted commercials.

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  2. Stacy Rasgon ‏@Srasgon 18 Mar 2014

    WTF? "@brainpicker: Fox station in Oklahoma edits out Neil deGrasse Tyson's mention of evolution in #COSMOS http://j.mp/1cVpx78  #sigh”

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  3. Darwin's Money ‏@EverydayFinance 18 Mar 2014

    Ugh. “@brainpicker: Holy Sagan. Fox affiliate station in Oklahoma edits out mention of evolution in #COSMOS http://j.mp/1cVpx78  #sigh”

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  4. Juan-Pablo Velez ‏@jpvelez 18 Mar 2014

    .@brainpicker @Chris_Cascarano SHOCK

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  5. inti suarez ‏@seafires 18 Mar 2014

    dark ages are coming :( RT@brainpicker: Holy Sagan. Fox (...) edits out Neil Tyson's mention of evolution in #COSMOS http://j.mp/1cVpx78 

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  6. MU - Peter Shimon ‏@MU_Peter 18 Mar 2014

    @brainpicker Wow. How pathetic. I guess the entire 2nd episode on evolution won't be aired at all? #evenbiggersigh (cc@JanetPhD)

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  7. eli altman ‏@elialtman 18 Mar 2014

    @brainpicker it's fox. i'm surprised they aired cosmos in the first place.

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  8. Srikar Dhanakoti ‏@SrikarDR 31 Mar 2014

    @brainpicker Absolutely Despicable!

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  9. Jaspreet Singh ‏@novares 18 Mar 2014 Sully, VA

    @brainpicker @Scirens ha ha ha...Fox, Oklahoma, evolution, what has become of this great nation

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  10. E-Z Mac ‏@ericmackcarter 18 Mar 2014

    @brainpicker So they edited out the entire second episode?

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  11. Gustavo Pössel Spano ‏@gpossels 18 Mar 2014

    @brainpicker Amazing, how Family Guy predicted that...

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