Little Debbie has a snark for you...

Well, not precisely, but Her Highness waxes a wee bit condescending in defending the Post's coverage of Cleavagegate. The Dame of Density doesn't seem to apprehend the point at all - that the "dumbing down and tarting up" of the news is largely responsible for the abysmal ignorance of the American electorate. And she, of course, is blind to her complicity in the process. And I bet she would still allege that Jack Abramoff gave money to Democrats too...

Deborah Howell - A Column Prompts a Dressing-Down - washingtonpost.com

There has to be a balance in campaign coverage. Readers deserve substance, but they also want to know who these people are, about their families and their lives [and their cup sizes, apparently - Mad].

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