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"Well, well, well....I think Fox will announce it as soon as their MJ coverage is completed. That should be around Tuesday."

This syndrome of having to be "the first", to "scoop" the competition, is a holdover from the 30's, 40's, and some of the 50's...and relates mainly to newspapers.

In this day of digital electronics, coupled with a vast majority of left-leaning media...especially CNN (clinton News Network), all being first means it, they told the lie first.

This preoccupation with being "first" - akin to the male preoccupation with "size" - amounts only to a pissing contest between media outlets. And "inside joke", if you will.

Consider - most of the news happens during the working day, while most of us are at work. Very few businesses have a TV playing all day long, so the first ANY OF US hear about it is when we are driving home, or after we arrive home. THEN...we turn on the channel of our choice/preference anyway, so...if I prefer FOX news, and it's the "first" place I hear about something...then, to me, "FOX was first".

It's not a horse race...even though there are some "horse's asses" on CNN...their spin is unbearable.

I think that about describes the difference between liberals and conservatives...liberals think "FIRST", Conservative think "ACCURACY".

For instance, I vividly remember WHERE I was when I heard about Kennedy being shot...but I don't have a clue as to what station it was on. But I do remember the news persons on the TV that night, after I arrived home...but they were NOT the FIRST.

Regarding CNN...sometimes being "FIRST" just amounts to "premature ejaculation".