this is the network with the chick who was wondering on the air if asteroids were caused by climate change<\/a>. Did that end her career? Because things like \u201chaving a dry throat\u201d or \u201cbeing an organic life form that requires water to live\u201d don\u2019t seem to me to be career-ending gaffes. But wondering whether asteroids are caused by climate change while being in charge of delivering accurate information to a huge media audience of grownups does seem to me to be a career-ending sort of gaffe.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"But then they always prove me wrong: CNN Absurdly Asks If Rubio\u2019s Sip of Water Was \u2018Career-Ender\u2019 Mind you, this is the network with the chick who was wondering on the air if asteroids were caused by climate change. Did that end her career? Because things like \u201chaving a dry throat\u201d or \u201cbeing an organic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[36],"class_list":["post-42183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-purveyors-of-beer-and-shampoo"],"yoast_head":"\n
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