How ignorant can you be and still get on TV? | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

How ignorant can you be and still get on TV? Bad Astronomy Discover Magazine: "How ignorant can you be and still get on TV?
..Answer: there is no upper limit.
....Synopsis: on The View, a horrifying chit chat show where Barbara Walters stands out as an intellectual giant, their new co-host — and I can barely type this, it makes my brain hurt so much — says she doesn’t know if the Earth is flat or not.
You may wish to reread that. I don’t recommend it, though, if you don’t want your cerebrum to explode outwards in all directions at the speed of light.
The link above has a video on it, in case you simply can’t imagine that anyone who would land a job as co-host of a national TV program could actually not know for sure what the general shape of the planet is. Sherri Shepherd, the person in question, knocks it out of the park, though. This, after saying she doesn’t 'believe in evolution, period.'
Hey, that’s something we share! I don’t 'believe' in it either. I don’t believe in anything, especially rock solid facts. I know evolution is real. Belief is for things without evidence."