What would happen if every cable news show on CNN and MSNBC would stop spending so much time giggling about Newt Gingrich's second, million-dollar Tiffany's account? (A) Nothing. (B) The Earth would spin off its axis. (C) Not sure. The correct answer is B. Satirist Jonathan Swift said, "A tavern is a place where madness is sold by the bottle." On cable news, it's sold one ratings point at a time.
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