Only in America would the major news networks spend up to two hours straight reporting nothing but Anna Nicole Smith's death and have half their staff "standing by" to report the shocking news that the body of a plastic-implanted drug addict who Trim-Spa'd like 70 pounds off in a couple of months, had a baby, and lost a son, gave out. It's a matter of national importance, worthy of round-the-clock coverage on the networks while 363 tons of money (literally) were covertly shipped over to Iraq, our vice president faces implication in a massive crime, and helicopters and soldiers go up in smoke daily. And if we are going to be covering tragic death, it definitely shouldn't be of someone who actually contributed a great deal to the public good, like Molly Ivins, who succumbed to cancer last week, but rather, some dingbat bimbo who was famous just for being a gold-digging public spectacle. No wonder the neocons are ONCE AGAIN (what, does this make round 4?) attempting to eliminate public broadcasting (PBS, NPR- see previous entries), the last bastion of a free press, uncontrolled by government or commercial interests. The networks are a frigging joke when it comes to reporting international news of importance. I can see Karl Rove salivating at the thought of the day that all the "news" will revolve around the Anna Nicole Smiths, and not the Scooter Libbys.