Categorical Aperitif

Glenn Greenwald, in his post on the warrantless wiretapping decision (PDF) yesterday:

I have no doubt that infinitely more coverage will be devoted to that issue [the arrest of a suspect in the Jon Benet Ramsey murder] on every news program today than on the fact that a federal court just ruled that the President's warrantless eavesdropping program is unconstitutional.

Sure enough, the CBS Evening News last night:

• Approximately six minutes at the top of the program to the Ramsey case—complete with a "legal affairs analyst" brought in to pontificate alongside Bob Schieffer;
• Approximately 20 seconds to the warrantless wiretapping decision—just a quick summary of what had happened; no analysis of the decision, no recapping of the issue and why it's important, nada.

Even now, the Ramsey case is all over the CBS News home page; you have to squint really hard to find this story buried under "Sharpton Warns Against 'Gangsterism'."

It's no wonder this country's in such great shape: we have the So-Called Liberal Media to remind us of what's truly important.

But remember: cynicism is The Daily Show's fault. Remember.