--- title: Sarah Palin Says Bill Nye 'As Much A Scientist As I Am' description: Palin was promoting the movie "Climate Hustle." canonical: https://time.com/4296191/sarah-palin-bill-nye-climate-hustle/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-15T18:15:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:04:34.071Z article:section: Politics og:title: Sarah Palin Says Bill Nye 'As Much A Scientist As I Am' og:description: Palin was promoting the movie "Climate Hustle" og:url: https://time.com/4296191/sarah-palin-bill-nye-climate-hustle/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt85e78da9a38051d9/69888f4fab6d7768336a9460/gettyimages-521220052.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: "Climate Hustle" U.S. Premiere & Panel Discussion og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sarah Palin Says Bill Nye 'As Much A Scientist As I Am' twitter:description: Palin was promoting the movie "Climate Hustle" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt85e78da9a38051d9/69888f4fab6d7768336a9460/gettyimages-521220052.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Sarah Palin Says Bill Nye 'As Much A Scientist As I Am' > Sponsored content. 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Climate Change_ by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Apr 15, 2016 6:15 PM UTC  WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 14: Former Governor Sarah Palin speaks during the "Climate Hustle" panel discussion at the Rayburn House Office Building on April 14, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Kris Connor/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 14: Former Governor Sarah Palin speaks during the "Climate Hustle" panel discussion at the Rayburn House Office Building on April 14, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Kris Connor/Getty Images)Kris Connor—Getty Images by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Apr 15, 2016 6:15 PM UTC Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin [called out popular science educator](http://fortune.com/2016/04/15/sarah-palin-nye-climate-change/) Bill Nye Thursday while promoting a new anti-climate change movie. At a screening of the documentary “Climate Hustle,” which claims to expose man-made global warming as a hoax, Palin attacked Nye, _Fortune_ reports, criticizing his credentials. “Bill Nye is as much a scientist as I am,” Palin said. “He’s a kids’ show actor, he’s not a scientist.” Palin mentioned Nye after he appeared in a brief clip where he said that climate change deniers will be rejected by Americans, according to _Fortune_. Palin may not have done a background check on Nye’s credentials. “The Science Guy” has a mechanical engineering degree from Cornell, [is a visiting professor at the university](http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2003/12/bill-nyes-cool-interplanetary-sundial-heads-mars), holds several patents–including one for an [improved ballet slipper](http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/04/celebrity-invention-bill-nyes-ballet-slipper/238079/)—and even [designed sundials](http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2003/12/bill-nyes-cool-interplanetary-sundial-heads-mars) for NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4296191/sarah-palin-bill-nye-climate-hustle/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4296191/sarah-palin-bill-nye-climate-hustle/"},"headline":"Sarah Palin Says Bill Nye 'As Much A Scientist As I Am'","datePublished":"2016-04-15T18:15:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:04:34.071Z","description":"Palin was promoting the movie \"Climate Hustle\"","url":"https://time.com/4296191/sarah-palin-bill-nye-climate-hustle/","keywords":["Sarah Palin","republicans","Congress","climate change"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt85e78da9a38051d9/69888f4fab6d7768336a9460/gettyimages-521220052.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt85e78da9a38051d9/69888f4fab6d7768336a9460/gettyimages-521220052.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"Climate Hustle\" U.S. Premiere & Panel Discussion","caption":"\"Climate Hustle\" U.S. Premiere & Panel Discussion","creditText":"Kris Connor—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/sarah-palin/","name":"Sarah Palin"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4296191/sarah-palin-bill-nye-climate-hustle/","name":"Sarah Palin Says Bill Nye 'As Much A Scientist As I Am'"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Watch: A Timelapse of Climate Change","description":"Climate Change","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/ywHiuC83/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2013-05-09T17:46:05.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ywHiuC83.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4296191/sarah-palin-bill-nye-climate-hustle/","duration":"PT48S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4296191/sarah-palin-bill-nye-climate-hustle/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```