A MINUTE.
BUT FIRST NICHELLE TURN WERE THE
CONTROVERSY.
>> Reporter: 140 CHARACTERS, AN 
INFINITE AMOUNT OF CONTROVERSY.
>> 140 OF VERY DANGEROUS 
CHARACTERS. 
>> Reporter: PAT SAJAK, THE 
LATEST CELEBRITY TO JOIN THE 
RANKS OF TWITTER THOUGHTS GONE 
AWRY.
HERE IS THE TWEET THAT STARTED 
THE BACKLASH.
I NOW BELIEVE GLOBAL WARMING 
ALARMISTS ARE UNPATRIOTIC 
RACISTS, KNOWINGLY MISLEADING 
FOR THEIR OWN ENDS.
GOOD NIGHT.
NOT QUITE.
SAJAK PRESSED SEND AGAIN THE 
NEXT DAY FOLLOWING WITH 
SOMETIMES IT'S FUN TO POKE A 
STICK IN A HORNET'S NEST, JUST 
TO HEAR THE BUZZING.
>> CAN I BUY AN I, PAT, I FOR 
INSANE.
YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW IF HE IS 
DOING IT FOR A REACTION OR IF HE
ACTUALLY BELIEVES THIS. 
>> Reporter: OF COURSE THE TWEET
SENT THE SCIENCE COMMUNITY INTO 
A TIZZY.
CLIMATE SCIENTIST MICHAEL MANN 
TWEETING BACK, HEY, AT PAT 
SAJAK, THIS AIN'T THE WHEEL OF 
FORTUNE.
IF WE LOSE THIS GAME, IT ISN'T 
JUST ONE PERSON'S MISFORTUNE.
ALL HUMANITY PAYS THE PRICE.
SAJAK HAS NEVER BEEN DIPLOMATIC 
ON THE ISSUE OF CLIMATE CHANGE, 
FREQUENTLY TWEETING AND MOCKING 
THOSE WHO BELIEVE IT'S REAL.
MAY 10th.
VERY HOT WEATHER.
WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE.
VERY COLD WEATHER.
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 
CLIMATE AND WEATHER.
MORON.
JUST FOUR DAYS LATER, HELP, 
CLIMATE CHANGING.
MUST SEND MONEY TO LOTS OF 
PLACES.
A LOT OF MONEY.
HURRY.
TIME IS SHORT.
NOT KIDDING.
BUT WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE 
UNPATRIOTIC RACIST REMARK, SAJAK
SAID IT WAS IN JEST, SAYING, OF 
COURSE I WAS JOKING.
JUST MOCKING THE NAME CALLING 
THAT IS DIRECTED AT GLOBAL 
WARMING SKEPTICS WITHIN AND 
WITHOUT THE SCIENTIFIC 
COMMUNITY.
>> CONSONANTS WILL ADD A 
THOUSAND. 
>> Reporter: WHILE HIS WORDING 
IS WHAT CAUSED THE CONTROVERSY, 
SAJAK'S SKEPTICISM IS ECHOED BY 
OTHERS, MOST NOTABLY FLORIDA 
SENATOR MARCO RUBIO, WHO HIMSELF
RECENTLY CAME UNDER FIRE AFTER 
TELLING CNN -- 
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A 
VAST CONSENSUS OF SCIENTISTS 
THAT ARE SAYING THAT HUMAN 
ACTIVITY IS WHAT CONTRIBUTING TO
CHANGES IN OUR CLIMATE.
I THINK IT'S AN ENORMOUS STRETCH
TO SAY THAT EVERY WEATHER 
INCIDENT WE NOW READ ABOUT OR 
THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE 
ATTRIBUTABLE TO HUMAN ACTIVITY. 
>> Reporter: LIKE SAJAK, 
SCIENTISTS POUNCED.
AND LIKE SAJAK, RUBIO CLARIFIED.
IT SEEMS THE ISSUE OF CLIMATE 
CHANGE IS STILL A PUZZLE WORTH 
SOLVING.
JUST NOT IN 140 CHARACTERS OR 
LESS.
NOW, AFTER ALL THIS DRAMA, YOU 
WOULD THINK MAYBE PAT SAJAK 
WOULD TAKE A BREAK FROM TWITTER.
NO, NO, NO.
EARLIER TODAY HE IS STILL AT IT.
