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I don't know if anyone else saw this, but on tonight's Sunday Night Football telecast between the Bears and the Packers, Michaels came out and opened the broadcast by saying "I don't know if global warming is fact or myth but it's 50 degrees in Chicago on New Years Eve. We'll take it!" First off Al, if it was 20 degrees in Chicago on New Years Eve, global warming would still be a fact. Ask any scientist who isn't being payed by the oil companies, and they'd tell you this. It's a shame that Al used NBC's airwaves to do Exxon's bidding but considering Michaels' track record of injecting political commentary into his NFL broadcasts, it's not that much of a surprise.
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During ABC's coverage of the National Football League's (NFL) season opening game, which pitted the New England Patriots against the Indianapolis Colts, play-by-play announcer Al Michaels echoed a popular Bush-Cheney '04 talking point: that Senator John Kerry (D-MA) flip-flops on the issues.
Following two consecutive turnovers in the September 9 game, which took place in Foxboro, Massachusetts, Michaels and "expert analyst" John Madden had the following exchange:
MICHAELS: What a wacky series.
MADDEN: This is what you call a flip-flop.
MICHAELS: You're in the right state for that.
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