Oklahoma station drops evolution from showing of Cosmos

In our review of the new science series Cosmos, we noted that the program didn't shy away from diving into scientific ideas that many in the US find uncomfortable. Apparently, local Fox affiliate KOKH found a creative way to protect the minds of its viewers: run a news promo over the bits about evolution. Naturally, the butchery ended up on YouTube the very next day.

The station has since stated that the running of the promo was an accident and that it will re-air the episode in its entirety on Saturday night.

But elsewhere in KOKH's home town of Oklahoma City, people really are trying to alter how evolution is presented—in the public schools' science classrooms. The state House of Representatives has just passed a bill that would keep any school authorities from punishing a teacher for doing, well, anything when it comes to students' understanding of scientific theories, essentially inviting them to bring in non-scientific material in order to attack evolution.