Reductio ad absurdum

[captainsblog]

This is what our news media has reduced itself to: I clicked on a breaking headline stating "NY judge denies request for special prosecutor in sex assault case vs. Dominique Strauss-Kahn", and got precisely this:



Ninety-three characters, counting the dateline and the spaces. 

Congratulations, mainstream media.  You are now less relevant than a Tweet.

Comments

[drbear.livejournal.com]

Actually, that's probably off an AP feed. They will, in the case of breaking news, send out a one-sentence item, then follow up a minute later with a full story. You just saw part of the process. (old newspaperman talking)