MSNBC's Keith Olbermann named CNN host Glenn Beck as his runner-up for the "worst person in the world" [2] after Beck made the claim that the hottest year in global history was 1934.
Olbermann:
Glenn Beck in trying to deny global warming, told his sheep that the hottest year in global history was 1934 - actually 1934 was the hottest year in American history, whereas the globe, where all of us live, the hottest year was 2005, followed by 1998, 2002, 2003, 2006. I mean I know facts aren't mandatory in what you do, but isn't it embarrassing when you get them wrong every night."
On a technical note (a very minor one), according to NOAA, the organization charged with officially monitoring US surface temperatures, the hottest year on record in the United States is still 1998 [3]. Minor point though, because as we all know, expect for maybe Glenn Beck, it's called "global warming," not "American warming."