Political hysteria hits new heights Move over, Howard Beale: I'm as mad as hell and not sure I can take it until November. Twin tentpoles of hysteria, the presidential election and Wall Street's economic crisis/bailout, have sent cable news -- hardly a model of sobriety and restraint in the first place -- tumbling over the precipice. As examples of inanity pile up, the mind reels at how low they'll sink with more than three weeks to go until the vote. There's no single offender, but almost every day a spin around the dial yields fresh outrages. Here's just a sampling of observations from the last few weeks: MSNBC staging its pre-debate coverage on an outdoor set that appears directly patterned after ESPN's Saturday-morning college football kickoff show, complete with screaming crowds brandishing signs. On the plus side, the...
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