"Aliens Could Attack Earth to End Global Warming, NASA Scientist Frets"

The Fox News headline characterizes this study, the report of which is entitled, "Would Contact with Extraterrestrials Benefit or Harm Humanity? A Scenario Analysis", with the following headline:

Aliens Could Attack Earth to End Global Warming, NASA Scientist Frets

NASA Scientist *Frets*!?

Sure enough, Al Gore was mentioned derisively by one of the first commenters, whose chorus is along the lines of "global warming is a hoax". The story has generated over 1200 comments as I type, approximately all of them (based on what limited sampling I could stomach) having dutifully swallowed the spin so quickly they must have felt a violent wrenching sensation in the gut.

Oh, well...