Perhaps you’ll remember the “non-story” of Daddy Bush expressing surprise at seeing a supermarket checkout scanner?
You are not dense, are you pretending then? The MSM chooses for you what is a “non-story” and what is a “story”. They chose “potatoe” to be a story of national significance. It is remembered by many, if not most of us here. They will choose for you and me and the nation that the Messiah’s Freudian anti-semitic slip is a “non-story”.
In modified form: I distinctly remember that on CNN Headline News, Linda Ellerbee reporting. The first time I heard it, it ended with "Most of the reporters in the room thought Quayle was right!" OK, with that, it's just an amusing anecdote.
In all later iterations (remember Headline News used to repeat the same things pretty much each hour?), that line was cut -- and I was listening for it!