Their desperate search for something, anything to raise controversy about is reminiscent of an ape searching fruitlessly through another ape's fur for a flea that cannot be found....

They pretend that it's all "news". It isn't. It's entertainment, a low, tawdry form of entertainment, mind you, but that's what the media game requires.

I am reminded of the paparazzi who pursue people like Angelina Jolie all over the world, hoping to catch a grainy shot of her taking her top off, said shot snapped through a hotel window from a treetop 500 feet away, with a telephoto lens. Ah yes, the glories of independent journalism!