Charlie, Isn't it sad that this is what it has boiled down to.

Very well put, Charlie...It's a tragedy all the way around..

Freedom of the press includes the freedom of the press to suck hard...sad, but the alternative (no press freedom at all) is even worse. Good job, Charlie.

clever concept...bravo...5s

It is truly sad that it has boiled down this. However, You're correct, Johnny. It is the right of the press to suck. I just wish that they wouldn't. Thanks for the Kudos, everybody.

Makes me wonder what those jellyfish use as brains. Certainly, compassion is not figured into this case. You put it good, Charlie.

I grew up in a journalism family, and I saw firsthand how the training of reporters went from "what are the facts" to "what do you feel about this". So much of today's "reporting" is just getting quotes from people on opposite sides of an issue, with the reporter then making some type of snide remark at the end to let you know which side is the "right" one. Aargh! Good work, CD.

You know why TV is called a "medium"? Because it's rarely well-done. You summed it up perfectly, Charlie.

Strong parody, CD.

If Terri's responding, why are they killing her?

AFW: It's gone past tragedy to travesty. After all, Jesse Jackson has joined with Randall Terry -- his worst nightmare? John Barry: Fred Allen told that joke 50 years ago, but it's sadly more true than ever. And he wasn't talking about news. Kat: Terri is not responding. Terri died in 1990. Whatever is in that bed stopped being Terri when the smart George Bush was in the White House.

Yeah, Michael is right as usual. On an more lighthearted aside, my mother's name is also Terri, with the rare spelling with an 'i' at the end. A headline from the NY Post last week reading "Terri's Doomed" has earned a place on honor on our fridge.

Journalism, once respectable is generally deplorable now. However your 15 minutes of fame are not up.

My 15 minutes of fame haven't begun. You ain't seen nothin' yet!

Charlie: I've got a Post with a headline: "MIKE P.: I'M NOT GAY!" It was about Piazza. Of course, my favorite Post headline of all time was June 23, 1990, with Bush Sr. on the cover: "READ MY LIPS: I LIED!" A close second: "KERRY'S CHOICE: It's Gephardt." Typical Post.

Oh my god...I had the Mike P. Headline taped to my locker at school for like 3 weeks! No joke! I thought it was the funniest thing in the world that he needed to have a press conference to tell us that he wasn't gay.

Michael Pacholek...if Terri died in the 90s, why do they have to kill her again?

She died yesteday I believe.

Charlie, missed this when you posted it...(that was during the "March Madness" of my occupation...working for an Income Tax Software company in Tax Analysis and Product Support). I generally steered clear of this topic because I was completely disgusted at the political posturing/grandstanding AND the way the Media not only went along for that phony-assed farce of a ride but egged it on and pushed it forward. A pox on every public person or figure who tried to "game" this situation...a personal family tragedy that had no business ending up on the legislative agenda of the Congress of the United States of America. Each of you can judge on your own just who I am referring to and why. Yeah, this comment is about 4 months late and so it's pretty much just passing wind - but I never vented about this absurdity when it was happening...better late than never...So, where am I? Oh, yeah...Ahh...the one COGENT statement about the whole thing, and it was all yours, Charlie...nice job...lots of bon mots for you from me...5's ~ ~ ~