Why Media in the United States Absolutely Sucks

Following a July 31st interview with Vice President Dick Cheney on CNN's "Larry King Live", King spoke with a guest panel consisting of Wolf Blitzer (anchor of CNN's "The Situation Room"), Suzanne Malveau (CNN's Washington correspondent), Bob Woodward (author and managing editor of "The Washington Post") and author Stephen Hayes. During the interview, Cheney attempted to justify his recent claims that the Office of the Vice President is not part of the executive branch by stating "My paycheck actually comes from the Senate". During the post-interview discussion, Wolf declared "I didn't know that. I learned something. I didn't know that he actually gets his paycheck from the legislative branch of the government, from the U.S. Senate."

Oh, Wolf, Wolf, Wolf! Just recently (June 25th, to be exact) on his very own "The Situation Room", Blitzer was discussing the executive vs. legislative branch controversy with Ed Henry, CNN's White House Correspondent. On that show, footage of Dana Perino, Deputy White House Press Secretary, was shown:

"I think for the past two centuries the Senate has provided payment to the Vice President for his duties as a member of the government."

Are you kidding me? Am I to believe that Blitzer, an educated individual, completely forgot about an extremely important topic he discussed five weeks prior? Blitzer is only 59 years old so he should not be experiencing senility at this point. Therefore, the only excuse is that he is a card carrying member of a group of morons.