Nationally syndicated radio talk show host Mark Levin (Flickr Photo/Labeled for Reuse)

On his nationally syndicated radio talk show Tuesday, host Mark Levin slammed The Washington Post for an article it posted on global warming, asking his audience, “Well, what are they if they’re not fake news?”

“Just to show you what a joke ‘The Washington Compost’ is and how news is not news anymore – they don’t want to be called fake news,” said Mark Levin about The Washington Post. “Well, what are they if they’re not fake news?”

Levin’s comments stem from a piece warning about the dangers of global warming by Chris Mooney in The Washington Post.

Below is a transcript of Levin’s remarks from his show Tuesday:

“Just to show you what a joke ‘The Washington Compost’ is and how news is not news anymore – they don’t want to be called fake news. Well, what are they if they’re not fake news? “Chris Mooney: ‘In recent years, it has become increasingly common to frame the climate change problem as a kind of countdown — each year we emit more carbon dioxide, narrowing the window for fixing the problem, but not quite closing it yet. After all, something could still change. Emissions could still start to plunge precipitously. Maybe next year.’ “Now, let’s stop right there. “Carbon dioxide is the kind of emission we have to have in order to survive as a people, as mammals. Carbon dioxide is used by plants through photosynthesis to create oxygen. We’re not talking about carbon monoxide. So when they talk about emissions, you have to understand. “15 years ago or so, it was understood that carbon dioxide was not a pollutant. That’s a scientific fact. Listen, carbon dioxide, with a ‘D,’ is not a pollutant. Carbon monoxide is a pollutant. It will kill you – it’s a poison – if inhaled in a large enough amounts. But carbon dioxide is not a poison. Carbon dioxide—