What Passes for News

As Bob is my witless, here's a headline and lead from the Associated Press, as linked by Salon.com on its Wires page:

Politics

Obamas visit aquatic park, eat shave ice on outing

By PHILIP ELLIOTT Associated Press Writer


Saints preserve us! If this is what passes for "news" these days...

But here's more breaking news!

Malia and Sasha later ate shave ice at Kokonuts Shave Ice and Snacks while their dad downed a tuna melt.

Obama joked with reporters traveling with him that he would eat his lunch first, to set an example for his daughters. The president-elect then ordered a mound of shave ice, colored orange and green.

That whirring sound you hear is Edward R. Murrow spinning in his grave.