Leave It To Cleavage

This is why Robin Givhan's ridiculous stunt coverage of actual people trying to put forth a serious image and address serious issues happens to matter:

From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET on July 30, MSNBC devoted a total of 23 minutes and 42 seconds to segments discussing Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (D-NY) "cleavage." MSNBC broadcast separate segments on this topic during the hours of 9 a.m., 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 2 p.m., and 3 p.m. ET, skipping only the noon and 4 p.m. hours. During the same period, CNN devoted 3 minutes and 54 seconds to coverage of Clinton's cleavage, while Fox News devoted none.

Nicely done. I'm sure the fact that MSNBC and WaPo are corporate partners in grime is just a coincidence. I can't stress enough that I am not a fan of Clinton herself, nor of the idea that electing her next year would potentially mean a 28-year dynastic alteration of Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton. But she has acquitted herself fairly well thus far in the early (let's face it, far too early) stages, and would be a much better preznit than either the current oaf or any of his potential Republitard successors.

Still. We're talkin' 'bout titties now (which I'm always thrilled to talk about, except in the context of politics), and 60-year-old gilf titties at that. This is retarded. This is counterproductive.

This is your political media. How do you like it?