Cable-news will drive you to drink

I chuckled over Steve Benen's post this morning. He wrote that he hasn't been paying too much attention lately to the "cable-news chatter," but noted a comment by Josh Marshall about President Obama's upcoming economic speech. Marshall wrote: "If you listen to the establishment press the president's speech will determine whether the president listens to 'liberals' and ditches the move toward economic austerity or 'moderates' and Republicans and sticks to budget cutting." Flabbergasted, Benen wrote: "Really? That's what the establishment press has been telling mainstream news consumers lately?" Yes, Steve, really. Never mind that it's completely wrong. He agrees. The absurdity of it all can drive you to drink if you let it. Fortunately (thank Providence), most "mainstream news consumers" don't watch cable news nor lend a whit of credence to its incessant "chatter." So, follow their wise lead and do the same. If enough of us stay sober, maybe the talking heads will go away.