It's come to this

Jack Cafferty, CNN’s reigning curmudgeon and master of hype, reported today that 2 million people will jam the nation’s airports between now and Thanksgiving. And “I’m not one of them,” he adds gleefully.

For the poor saps that must travel, the holidays are “shaping up to be a real nightmare” thanks to TSA procedures (even though TSA has made no radical change in its procedures).

The “backlash is growing,” Cafferty warns ominously. Why even Secretary of State Hillary Clinton objects. Didja know a breast cancer survivor had “to remove her prosthetic breast during a pat-down?” Even a child, a child – partially disrobed, mind you – was groped by a “strange adult” (otherwise known as an innocent TSA worker.) And, god forgive us, “a bladder cancer survivor wound up soaked with urine during his pat-down” (thank you so much for that high-definition imagery, Jack).

O the inhumanity! “It's just disgraceful,” Cafferty laments, grinning.

Yes, yes, YES – Cafferty reports, a CBS polls shows 4 out of 5 Americans support the use of full-body scans. “But here’s my question to you”: Looking forward to airplane travel, full-body scans and pat-downs? (Which is like asking, do you like root canal?) “Tune in to the Situation Room at 5pm to see if Jack reads your answer on air.” We can hardly wait.

This is what so-called news reporting is being reduced to. And to use Cafferty’s words, “It’s just disgraceful.”