"Friendly Fire"?!?!?

I'm sick unto death of all the media hype over the fact that Vice President Cheney accidentally shot a friend of his while bird hunting.

The fact that the VP was involved in a hunting accident does not affect our country. It is not a metaphor for "secrecy" within the current administration.

In short, it's none of the country's business. We don't need to know. The "news" media has no "right" to know. It was an accident. A personal matter. Nothing more.

I'm so sick of the "news" media's bloated, self-important, "we're-the-sole-anointed-guardians-of-the-truth" attitude I could puke.

The media exists to make money. They tell you "stories". It's not about news.

I saw an NBC reporter trying to describe how a shotgun works. It was sad.

Rope.
Tree.
Journalist.
Some assembly required.