Where were you?

You always remember where you were when you heard the really big news, the truly monumental event. Political assassination. Space shuttle disaster. Terrorist attack. Controversial tweet from a game show host.

I vividly remember we were on vacation having dinner when I looked up at the TV and saw the name Pat Sajak flash across CNN. He had said something controversial about climate change on Twitter. My heart stopped. This was major, major news. Like, titanic news.

Why? Do I really need to spell it out for you? Pat Sajak spoke. The host of Wheel of Fortune opined on a subject. The portent of the moment should be self-evident.

I can’t overstate the importance of the opinion of the host of a well-worn syndicated game show about a subject that is not even remotely in his field of expertise. Decades from now, school children will be able to recite his tweet from memory, like the Gettysburg Address. I now believe global warming alarmists are unpatriotic racists knowingly misleading for their own ends, they’ll all recite.

That’s why I was so heartened to see the coverage on CNN. That network only covers epoch-defining events like the travails of a dysfunctional cruise ship so it was the perfect venue to put Sajak’s tweet in the proper perspective. This news is so monumental that CNN even stopped staring blankly at the Indian Ocean, hoping that Malaysian plane would suddenly float to the surface.

Underscoring the gravity of Sajak’s comments, CNN brought in the erudite, highly respected Ann Coulter to dissect everything and try to make sense of it. In a time of crisis, the viewers were craving level-headed analysis and as always, Coulter brought it. If there’s anything more newsworthy than interviewing Ann Coulter about what Pat Sajak said on Twitter about climate change, I can’t think of it.

After the whirlwind of the last few days, we could all use a break from major controversies. I just hope Vanna White doesn’t say anything about vaccines and autism. The Internet might short circuit.