Breaking News...Or Not?

We're at war in Iraq and Afganistan, the US economy is sliding into recession, a campaign for President is underway, global warming threatnes the planet, health insurance still eludes most Americans, cyber crime is on the increase, the Senate passes major domestic surveillance legislation, ice snarls the eastern United States...and here is what all of the cable news networks chose to broadcast Wednesday morning: Congressional hearings on steroid use in baseball.


At least the Weather Channel departed from the herd.