And example of the vacuity was on ABC later where after Bush's speech the first thing they talked about was Bush's tone -- ie how he gave the speech rather than about the news itself.
They went on talking about it in terms of political nonsense.
Why do these "news" people forget they should first and foremost present information on the actual news event.
Probably because they think they're too smart to just report the news. They are compelled to analyze and comment on it, so that stupid, ignorant, uneducated people like us can begin to understand it.
One BBC TV report from a Baghdad correspondent had a lengthy treatment on the smallish size of the celebrations.
The correspondent (and followup commentary) explained that Iraq is like all other countries, and everyone was staying home glued to the TV, radio, and satellite news reports.
Stuffy probably thinks that normal Iraquis are without electricity and living like 9th century primitives (the foreign press is exempted, of course).
It sickens me. And another part of that sin is that 90% of the lamestream media are liberals.